10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPERORGANISM»
Discover the use of
superorganism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
superorganism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of ...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect ...
Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson, 2009
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The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a
Superorganism
With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs and an easy understandable text The Buzz about Bees tells the story of honeybees in a new perspective.
David C. Sandeman, Helga R. Heilmann, Jürgen Tautz, 2008
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Metaman: The Merging of Humans and Machines Into a New ...
The author of The Book of Questions claims that humankind and technology have merged into a new global entity, a living extension of humankind acting through a complex system of computers and offering a promise of ever-greater prosperity.
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Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism
Wilson and Sober promote the revival of the superorganism, but it is not
Wheeler's metaphor that they invoke. The major differences are: 1 . Wilson and
Sober limit functional organization to organization around reproduction, ignoring
the ...
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Holistic Darwinism: Synergy, Cybernetics, and the ...
Only somewhat less encompassing is the proposition advanced by Léo Mathieu
and Sorin Sonea (1995) that bacteria form a giant, interacting global
superorganism. Setting aside the contentious debate over the merits of these
assertions, is it ...
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Cooperation Among Animals : An Evolutionary Perspective: An ...
anti-predator. behavior,. and. hive. thermoregulation. The idea of a honeybee
colony and, more generally, the social insect colony as a "superorganism" is at
least as old as The Origin of Species (1859; for general reviews see Weismann,
1893 ...
Lee Alan Dugatkin Department of Biology University of Louisville, 1997
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The Philosophy of Ecology: From Science to Synthesis
Probably even more important than this zoological and limnological support in
solidifying the superorganism concept as a paradigm was Elton's description of
the food chain as a conduit for community energy flow. Although Elton himself
was ...
David R. Keller, Frank B. Golley, 2000
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Mind, Life and Universe: Conversations with Great Scientists ...
E.O.W. The human species is not a superorganism, nor should human society be
called a superorganism. Ours is a mammalian society developed thanks to
intelligence that led to reading and writing, to the stipulations of contracts and ...
Lynn Margulis, Eduardo Punset, 2007
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The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Ants
Wheeler's idea of the superorganism soon caught on and became hotly
discussed in philosophical, scientific, and popular circles. Scientists such as
Alfred E. Emerson, who wrote philosophical papers on social insects beginning
in the late ...
This is usually meant to be a social unit of eusocial animals, where division of labour is highly specialised and where individuals are not able to survive by themselves for extended periods of time.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUPERORGANISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
superorganism is used in the context of the following news items.
Congrats: You Are Officially A Superorganism
One of the most interesting fields of study today is the gut-brain axis, a burgeoning topic with vast implications that we are now, for the first time, starting to ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
I, Superorganism: Learning to Love Your Inner Ecosystem, by Jon …
Neither thinker could have begun to imagine the wonders Jon Turney presents in his terrific romp through our non-human inhabitants in I, Superorganism. «Times Higher Education, Apr 15»
Edward O. Wilson: Ants' Amazing Superorganisms Teach Humans …
Imagine yourself a tourist in an East African park, binoculars raised to watch lions, elephants, buffalo, antelopes -- the iconic large mammals of the savanna. «Newsmax.com, Sep 14»
Tiny plant, big potential: Researchers raise money from public to …
That's because Azolla isn't just a plant, it's a 'superorganism,'—it consists of both the fern and a diverse array of symbiotic bacteria. It has the power to capture all ... «Phys.Org, Jun 14»
I've been waiting 16 years to know: what is the ocean dandelion?
All these animals work together in the same way your cells work together, creating a kind of superorganism. Ants could be considered a superorganism, all ... «Deep-Sea News, Mar 14»
Hive Minds: Law, Superorganisms, and Identity
The same thing goes for superorganisms, colony organism and insect swarms, but they're rather less complex as, than a collective of individuals with brains ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Mar 14»
The School as Superorganism: Cooperation, Control, and Working …
This year, the PEAR Lab is laser-focused on our on-going search for superorganisms within the schools and classrooms of Toliara, the capital city of ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Feb 14»
Can a High-Tech Fertility Clinic Save the World's Largest …
The world's largest superorganism is probably Australia's Great Barrier Reef. It's a vast conglomeration of different organisms, and, at 1,600 miles long, ... «Motherboard, Dec 13»
Former Grateful Dead drummer brings 'Superorganism' to Orange Peel
Last year, Mickey Hart, former drummer of the Grateful Dead, brought the rhythms of the universe to Asheville, N.C. having used light waves from across the ... «Spartanburg Herald Journal, Sep 13»
Lib at Large: Mickey Hart's brain on drums with 'Superorganism'
But on his new a "Superorganism" album and tour, he's improvising with something that no one has ever shared a stage or a studio with before. He's jamming ... «Marin Independent Journal, Sep 13»
