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Animal architects : building and the evolution of intelligence / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gould, James L., 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals--Habitations.
- Animals.
- Animal intelligence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From two of the world's most distinguished experts in animal behavior, a radical, creative, and accessible new approach to understanding animal minds through the structures they build
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 Why Animals Build; 2 Building with Silk; 3 Instinct and the Solitary Insect; 4 Social Intelligence of Wasps and Ants; 5 Bees and Termites; 6 Bird Nests: The Modest Beginnings; 7 Bird Nests: Molding, Felting, and Weaving; 8 Bowers; 9 Civil Engineering; 10 Building and the Human Mind; Readings; Credit Lines for Figures; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-59872-7
- 9786613628558
- 0-465-02839-X
- OCLC:
- 779828717
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