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The Silken Thread
Five Insects and Their Impacts on Human History
Buch von J. Ray Fisher (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Insects are seldom mentioned when we discuss human history, yet they significantly shaped today's societies. In this book, entomologists Robert N. Wiedenmann and J. Ray Fisher take readers through the unique stories of five insects that have shaped history: silk moths, rat fleas, lice, fever mosquitos, and honey bees.
Insects are seldom mentioned when we discuss human history, yet they significantly shaped today's societies. In this book, entomologists Robert N. Wiedenmann and J. Ray Fisher take readers through the unique stories of five insects that have shaped history: silk moths, rat fleas, lice, fever mosquitos, and honey bees.
Über den Autor
Robert N. Wiedenmann is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Arkansas. He received a BS in ecology and PhD in entomology, both from Purdue University. He was inspired to write this book after teaching a course at Arkansas called, "Insects, Science and Society." He is Past-President of the Entomological Society of America.

J. Ray Fisher is a postdoctoral researcher of entomology at the University of Arkansas. He received a BS in Zoology from Auburn University, an MS in entomology from the University of Kentucky, and a PhD in Entomology from the University of Arkansas. He teaches and conducts research on the evolution and diversity of arthropods.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of Figures

  • List of Tables

  • Preface

  • Acknowledgments

  • Section 1: Silk and Silkworm

  • Chapter 1: Moth Spit

  • Chapter 2: Silk Roads

  • Chapter 3: Silk Goes East and West

  • Section 2: Oriental Rat Flea and the Plague

  • Chapter 4: In Reverse Order-The Third Pandemic First

  • Chapter 5: Not Just the Plague

  • Chapter 6: Sorting Out the Plague

  • Chapter 7: The Plague, One More Time

  • Section 3: Lice in War and Peace

  • Chapter 8: Lice in War and Peace

  • Section 4: Aedes Aegypti and Yellow Fever

  • Chapter 9: The Bridge Connecting Silkworms to Mosquitos

  • Chapter 10: Yellow Fever in the United States

  • Chapter 11: The Caribbean, Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and Serendipity

  • Chapter 12: William Crawford Gorgas and the Panama Canal

  • Section 5: Western Honey Bee

  • Chapter 13: Six-Legged Livestock

  • Section 6: Typing the Silken Threads

  • Chapter 14: Tying the Silken Threads

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Grundlagen
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780197555583
ISBN-10: 0197555586
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Fisher, J. Ray
Wiedenmann, Robert N.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press Inc
Maße: 239 x 164 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: J. Ray Fisher (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.12.2021
Gewicht: 0,58 kg
Artikel-ID: 120192358
Über den Autor
Robert N. Wiedenmann is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Arkansas. He received a BS in ecology and PhD in entomology, both from Purdue University. He was inspired to write this book after teaching a course at Arkansas called, "Insects, Science and Society." He is Past-President of the Entomological Society of America.

J. Ray Fisher is a postdoctoral researcher of entomology at the University of Arkansas. He received a BS in Zoology from Auburn University, an MS in entomology from the University of Kentucky, and a PhD in Entomology from the University of Arkansas. He teaches and conducts research on the evolution and diversity of arthropods.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • List of Figures

  • List of Tables

  • Preface

  • Acknowledgments

  • Section 1: Silk and Silkworm

  • Chapter 1: Moth Spit

  • Chapter 2: Silk Roads

  • Chapter 3: Silk Goes East and West

  • Section 2: Oriental Rat Flea and the Plague

  • Chapter 4: In Reverse Order-The Third Pandemic First

  • Chapter 5: Not Just the Plague

  • Chapter 6: Sorting Out the Plague

  • Chapter 7: The Plague, One More Time

  • Section 3: Lice in War and Peace

  • Chapter 8: Lice in War and Peace

  • Section 4: Aedes Aegypti and Yellow Fever

  • Chapter 9: The Bridge Connecting Silkworms to Mosquitos

  • Chapter 10: Yellow Fever in the United States

  • Chapter 11: The Caribbean, Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and Serendipity

  • Chapter 12: William Crawford Gorgas and the Panama Canal

  • Section 5: Western Honey Bee

  • Chapter 13: Six-Legged Livestock

  • Section 6: Typing the Silken Threads

  • Chapter 14: Tying the Silken Threads

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Grundlagen
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780197555583
ISBN-10: 0197555586
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Fisher, J. Ray
Wiedenmann, Robert N.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press Inc
Maße: 239 x 164 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: J. Ray Fisher (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.12.2021
Gewicht: 0,58 kg
Artikel-ID: 120192358
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