The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar

Matt Simon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2016
Headline Book Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4722-4203-7 (ISBN)

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An absurdist, comical romp through evolution's weirdest solutions to nature's problems, from WIRED columnist Matt Simon

For fans of WHAT IF? and NEW SCIENTIST comes Matt Simon's THE WASP THAT BRAINWASHED THE CATERPILLAR, a brilliantly funny and informative look at the stranger side of evolution.

Featuring:

The Zombie ants mind-controlled by a fungus

Beautiful salamanders that can regenerate any part of their bodies, including their brains

The mantis shrimp, which fires its club-like appendage so fast that the surrounding water becomes as hot as the surface of the sun

The Antechinus, whose runaway testosterone levels cause them to have so much sex during their three-week mating season that they bleed internally, go blind, and drop dead...

Featuring quirky illustrations and the signature blend of science smarts and humour that make Matt Simon's Wired column so entertaining, this is an ideal stocking-filler for every popular science aficionado...

Matt Simon is a journalist who writes Wired Science's 'Absurd Creature of the Week' column. He has also edited Wired's 'This Day in Tech blog', which was compiled into the book Mad Science, and writes a second column called 'Fantastically Wrong' that explores the strangest mistakes in folklore and science. He lives in San Francisco.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.10.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 206 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-10	1-4722-4203-3 / 1472242033
ISBN-13	978-1-4722-4203-7 / 9781472242037
Zustand	Neuware