The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar
pFor 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.brbrFeaturing:brbrbThe Zombie ants mind-controlled by a fungus/bbrbrbBeautiful salamanders that can regenerate any part of their bodies, including their brains/bbrbbrThe mantis shrimp, which fires its club-like appendage so fast that the surrounding water becomes as hot as the surface of the sun/bbrbbrThe 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.../bbrbrFeaturing quirky illustrations and the signature blend of science smarts and humour that make Matt Simon's iWired /icolumn so entertaining, this is an ideal stocking-filler for every popular science aficionado.../p
| Autor: | Simon, Matt |
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| EAN: | 9781472242037 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 272 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Headline |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 13.10.2016 |
| Untertitel: | Evolution's most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems |
| Schlagworte: | Evolution; Einführung stocking filler do ants have arseholes? what if? New Scientist randall munroe evolution Dean Burnett |
| Größe: | 25 × 142 × 208 |
| Gewicht: | 354 g |
