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- catalog abstract ""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." "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." "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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11408923.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""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." "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." "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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Rhythms of the landscape -- Growth of an ant society -- Food and the foreign relations of ant societies -- Forest of ant colonies -- In the society of ants -- Networks of ant paths -- Success without management -- Complex systems.".
- catalog extent "x, 182 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Ants at work.".
- catalog identifier "0684857332".
- catalog isFormatOf "Ants at work.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "Ants at work.".
- catalog subject "595.79/6 21".
- catalog subject "Ants Behavior.".
- catalog subject "Insect societies.".
- catalog subject "QL568.F7 G64 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Rhythms of the landscape -- Growth of an ant society -- Food and the foreign relations of ant societies -- Forest of ant colonies -- In the society of ants -- Networks of ant paths -- Success without management -- Complex systems.".
- catalog title "Ants at work : how an insect society is organized / Deborah Gordon.".
- catalog type "text".