Seirian Sumner
Autore di Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
Opere di Seirian Sumner
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Nazione (per mappa)
- United Kingdom
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I found this a disappointing book. There's some really interesting nuggets but a lot of it feels tough to wade through. The more jokey stuff didn't land with me and some of the science felt like it wasn't explained well at all and/or it was gone over at great length but without really making anything clearer or explicating anything new. There's a long section on social but not eusocial wasps which is a really interesting concept but a surprising amount relies on you understanding what she means by "gene expression" - but I couldn't understand her explanation at all and her talk of specific instances just baffled me. The section on eusocial wasps was undermined by her bizarre decision to frame it as a dialogue with a reanimated Aristotle - there's a little bit about his early study of bees and wasps, but otherwise it added nothing and just felt irritating.
I really wanted to like this but yeah, the interesting stuff just felt buried.… (altro)
I really wanted to like this but yeah, the interesting stuff just felt buried.… (altro)
Possibly a tiny bit longer than it needed to be, but a very interesting dive into wasps and what they tell us about things like genetics and evolution and also ecology and especially sociality in creatures. The book is mostly fun to read and likable but sometimes goes a bit overboard (comparing wasps to supermodels because of “wasp waists” was ok the first couple times but …).
Anyway I’d encourage nature-lovers to give this a try, but feel free to skim a bit.
Anyway I’d encourage nature-lovers to give this a try, but feel free to skim a bit.
Excerpt from longer article...
Timely Take-Aways for Life-Long Learners: Insects
Insects are critical to healthy ecology systems. Unfortunately, these essential creatures are sometimes overlooked and often maligned. From wasps and moths to bees and beetles, several new and upcoming books explore the world of entomology and the important role of these tiny creatures. These titles invite readers to even respect cockroaches and crickets.
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Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
Seirian Sumner, Jul 2022, HarperCollins Themes: Science, Life science, Nature, Entomology
Exploring the world of wasps, ENDLESS FORMS provides an in-depth look at this often misunderstood insect.
Take-aways: Use wasps as an example of the importance of the insects in our increasingly fragile ecosystem.
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Whether helping educators keep up-to-date in their subject-areas, promoting student reading in the content-areas, or simply encouraging nonfiction leisure reading, teacher librarians need to be aware of the best new titles across the curriculum and how to activate life-long learning. - Annette Lamb… (altro)
Timely Take-Aways for Life-Long Learners: Insects
Insects are critical to healthy ecology systems. Unfortunately, these essential creatures are sometimes overlooked and often maligned. From wasps and moths to bees and beetles, several new and upcoming books explore the world of entomology and the important role of these tiny creatures. These titles invite readers to even respect cockroaches and crickets.
...
Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
Seirian Sumner, Jul 2022, HarperCollins Themes: Science, Life science, Nature, Entomology
Exploring the world of wasps, ENDLESS FORMS provides an in-depth look at this often misunderstood insect.
Take-aways: Use wasps as an example of the importance of the insects in our increasingly fragile ecosystem.
...
Whether helping educators keep up-to-date in their subject-areas, promoting student reading in the content-areas, or simply encouraging nonfiction leisure reading, teacher librarians need to be aware of the best new titles across the curriculum and how to activate life-long learning. - Annette Lamb… (altro)
Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 70
- Popolarità
- #248,179
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 10
- Lingue
- 2
There are some gruesome stories, many wasps are parasitoids, but there are surprising tales of vegetarian pollen wasps and sneaky plants turning the tables and getting the wasps to do their bidding as well,
There was an extended imaginary dinner with Aristotle that prevented me from giving this book the full five stars, but still a great read