Bugged
Subtitle: the insects who rule the world and the people obsessed with them
By: David MacNeal
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781250095503
Subjects: Insects; Entomology
Description: "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 offbeat scientific journey that weaves together history, travel, and culture to explore our relationship with these mini-monsters." -- From book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index.
Table of contents: title: A cabinet of curiosity; title: Buried cities; title: "Even educated fleas do it"; title: The on-flying things; title: Vámanos pest!; title: First responders; title: You just squashed the cure for cancer; title: Executives of big bug biz; title: Dining with crickets; title: Tracing the collapse.