Bugged: The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa dura

MacNeal, David

 
9781250095503: Bugged: The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 1250095506 ISBN 13: 9781250095503
Editorial: ST MARTINS PR, 2017

Sinopsis

"Creepy, beautiful, icky and amazing." —Penny Le Couteur, author of Napoleon's Button

Insects have been shaping our ecological world and plant life for over 400 million years. In fact, our world is essentially run by bugs—there are 1.4 billion for every human on the planet. In Bugged, journalist David MacNeal takes us on an off-beat scientific journey that weaves together history, travel, and culture in order to define our relationship with these mini-monsters.

MacNeal introduces a cast of bug-lovers—from a woman facilitating tarantula sex and an exterminator nursing bedbugs (on his own blood), to a kingpin of the black market insect trade and a “maggotologist”—who obsess over the crucial role insects play in our everyday lives.

Just like bugs, this book is global in its scope, diversity, and intrigue. Hands-on with pet beetles in Japan, releasing lab-raised mosquitoes in Brazil, beekeeping on a Greek island, or using urine and antlers as means of ancient pest control, MacNeal’s quest appeals to the squeamish and brave alike. Demonstrating insects’ amazingly complex mechanics, he strings together varied interactions we humans have with them, like extermination, epidemics, and biomimicry. And, when the journey comes to an end, MacNeal examines their commercial role in our world in an effort to help us ultimately cherish (and maybe even eat) bugs.

. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Acerca del autor

DAVID MACNEAL is a journalist exploring the fringes of science, technology and culture. His articles have appeared in Wired, Arts Technica, VICE, and other publications. Aside from geeking out over comic books, he bakes exquisite pies (especially blueberry) and drinks an array of whiskeys. Sometimes the glasses contain bugs. He currently lives in Denver.

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Editorial
ST MARTINS PR
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1250095506
ISBN 13 
9781250095503
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
320
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