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Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses, and Language
Karl Von Frisch
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Description for Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses, and Language
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 76, 26 black & white halftones, 50 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSA; PSVT7; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
Over half a century of brilliant scientific detective work, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist Karl von Frisch learned how the world, looks, smells, and tastes to a bee. More significantly, he discovered their dance language and their ability to use the sun as a compass. Intended to serve as an accessible introduction to one of the most fascinating areas of biology, Bees (first published in 1950 and revised in 1971), reported the startling results of his ingenious and revolutionary experiments with honeybees. In his revisions, von Frisch updated his discussion about the phylogenetic origin of the language of ... Read more
Over half a century of brilliant scientific detective work, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist Karl von Frisch learned how the world, looks, smells, and tastes to a bee. More significantly, he discovered their dance language and their ability to use the sun as a compass. Intended to serve as an accessible introduction to one of the most fascinating areas of biology, Bees (first published in 1950 and revised in 1971), reported the startling results of his ingenious and revolutionary experiments with honeybees. In his revisions, von Frisch updated his discussion about the phylogenetic origin of the language of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801491269
SKU
V9780801491269
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About Karl Von Frisch
Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973. Born in Austria, he was director of the Zoological Institute at the University of Munich from 1925 to 1946 and again from 1950 until 1958, when he became emeritus professor, continuing his research there into the 1970s.
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