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The Ants by Bert Hölldobler
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    The Hacker and the Ants by Rudy Rucker (fugitive)
    fugitive: Rucker refers a lot to ant physiology and actually references E.O. Wilson (Holldobler's co-author) on the topic of ants.
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This is a beautiful and comprehensive book that summarizes what is known about ants. Ants are the foundation upon which E.O. Wilson's marvelous career was based. If you try to read this in bed, you won't be able to breathe (because of the mass on your chest. ( )
  hcubic | Feb 17, 2013 |
If you have any interest in ants, communal insects or insects in general, you need this book. It is just the best non-specialist book you can find. ( )
  JNSelko | Jan 15, 2009 |
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This is the definitive scientific study of one of the most diverse animal groups on earth; pretty well everything that is known about ants is in this massive work. But books do not win Pulitzer Prizes, as this one did in 1991, for exhaustiveness; besides being the last word in science, this work is beautifully written, and accessible to the lay reader. Wilson, of Harvard, and Holldobler of the University of Wurzburg, may inspire a whole new generation of budding entomologists. Every branch of biology is covered, from evolution to taxonomy to physiology to ecology. Lavishly illustrated, it is full of amazing facts, many concerning the incredible social behavior of these creatures.

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