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100 1 $aGordon, Deborah$q(Deborah M.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99042089
245 10 $aAnts at work :$bhow an insect society is organized /$cDeborah Gordon.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c[1999], ©1999.
263 $a9910
300 $ax, 182 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe rhythms of the landscape --$g2.$tThe growth of an ant society --$g3.$tFood and the foreign relations of ant societies --$g4.$tA forest of ant colonies --$g5.$tIn the society of ants --$g6.$tNetworks of ant paths --$g7.$tSuccess without management --$g8.$tComplex systems --$tEpilogue: Lessons from the ants.
520 1 $a"Deborah Gordon's Ants at Work takes us to the amazing world of an ant society and reveals a new and original understanding of how these tiny animals get the work of the colony done. Gordon's surprising and deceptively simple message that the queen is not in charge represents a fundamental shift in modern biology. It is no less than a revolution in our thinking on the mystery of natural organization."--BOOK JACKET.
520 8 $a"Based on the author's seventeen years of research on harvester ants in the Arizona desert, Ants at Work overturns all standard ideas of insect society hierarchy. Gordon shows that an ant colony operates without any central control and that no ant has power over another. Yet the ant colony harmoniously performs extremely complex tasks, including nest building, navigation, foraging, food storage, tending the young, garbage collection, and on occasion, even war."--BOOK JACKET.
520 8 $a"By focusing on chaotic patterns of behavior instead of searching for fixed universal laws, Gordon signals the future of scientific investigation. She boldly contends that ant communication is a model of how brains, immune systems, and the natural world as a whole organize themselves. Her discoveries have profound implications for anyone who is interested in how organizations work, from biologists and physicists to business leaders and pioneers of cyberspace."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAnts$xBehavior.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005806
650 0 $aInsect societies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85066657
852 00 $bsci$hQL568.F7$iG64 1999