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Dec. 05, 2008
The Superorganism
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Ira talks with eminent biologist Edward O. Wilson and Bert Holldobler about ants, bees, and other social insects. The pair have written a sequel to their 1990 Pulitzer Prize winning book 'The Ants.' The new work, called 'The Superorganism,' looks at whether large groups of animals can function together as a single, unified 'superorganism.' |
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Edward O. Wilson
Co-author: "The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance and Strangeness of Insect Societies," (W.W. Norton and Company, 2008)
Pelegrino University Research Professor, Emeritus
Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts -
Bert Holldobler
Co-author: "The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance and Strangeness of Insect Societies," (W.W. Norton and Company, 2008)
Foundation Professor
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
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