Author: Friedrich G. Barth
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 366204899X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Spiders are wonderful creatures. Their varied and complex range of behavior and highly developed sensory systems are excellently adapted to the environmental conditions - as is proven by their evolutionary success. Over 400 million years, spiders have developed their sensory organs to a fascinating technical perfection and complexity. In his intriguing book, Professor Friedrich G. Barth puts this technical perfection into the context of "biology", in which the interaction between environment and sensory organs and the selectivity of the senses as a link between environment and behavior play a major role.
A Spider’s World
Author: Friedrich G. Barth
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 366204899X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Spiders are wonderful creatures. Their varied and complex range of behavior and highly developed sensory systems are excellently adapted to the environmental conditions - as is proven by their evolutionary success. Over 400 million years, spiders have developed their sensory organs to a fascinating technical perfection and complexity. In his intriguing book, Professor Friedrich G. Barth puts this technical perfection into the context of "biology", in which the interaction between environment and sensory organs and the selectivity of the senses as a link between environment and behavior play a major role.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 366204899X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Spiders are wonderful creatures. Their varied and complex range of behavior and highly developed sensory systems are excellently adapted to the environmental conditions - as is proven by their evolutionary success. Over 400 million years, spiders have developed their sensory organs to a fascinating technical perfection and complexity. In his intriguing book, Professor Friedrich G. Barth puts this technical perfection into the context of "biology", in which the interaction between environment and sensory organs and the selectivity of the senses as a link between environment and behavior play a major role.
Spiders of the World
Author: Norman I. Platnick
Publisher:
ISBN: 1782407502
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Spiders of the World explores the huge diversity of spider species and their fascinating traits, with profiles of 117 families accompanied by expert commentary and beautiful photographs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1782407502
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Spiders of the World explores the huge diversity of spider species and their fascinating traits, with profiles of 117 families accompanied by expert commentary and beautiful photographs.
Tower to Tower
Author: Henriette Steiner
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262358344
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture—the convergence of tall buildings and networked infrastructures—from the Eiffel Tower to One World Trade Center. They show how these two forms of gigantism intersect in the figure of the skyscraper with a transmitting antenna on its roof, a gigantic building that is also a nodal point in a gigantic digital infrastructure. Steiner and Veel focus on two paradigmatic tower sites: the Eiffel Tower and the Twin Towers of the destroyed World Trade Center (as well as their replacement, the One World Trade Center tower). They consider, among other things, philosophical interpretations of the Eiffel Tower; the design and destruction of the Twin Towers; the architectural debates surrounding the erection of One World Trade Center on the Ground Zero site; and such recent examples of gigantism across architecture and digital culture as Rem Koolhaas's headquarters for China Central TV and the phenomenon of the “tech giant.” Examining the cultural, architectural, and media history of these towers, they analyze the changing conceptions of the gigantism that they represent, not just as physical structures but as sites for the projection of cultural ideas and ideals.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262358344
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture—the convergence of tall buildings and networked infrastructures—from the Eiffel Tower to One World Trade Center. They show how these two forms of gigantism intersect in the figure of the skyscraper with a transmitting antenna on its roof, a gigantic building that is also a nodal point in a gigantic digital infrastructure. Steiner and Veel focus on two paradigmatic tower sites: the Eiffel Tower and the Twin Towers of the destroyed World Trade Center (as well as their replacement, the One World Trade Center tower). They consider, among other things, philosophical interpretations of the Eiffel Tower; the design and destruction of the Twin Towers; the architectural debates surrounding the erection of One World Trade Center on the Ground Zero site; and such recent examples of gigantism across architecture and digital culture as Rem Koolhaas's headquarters for China Central TV and the phenomenon of the “tech giant.” Examining the cultural, architectural, and media history of these towers, they analyze the changing conceptions of the gigantism that they represent, not just as physical structures but as sites for the projection of cultural ideas and ideals.
Spider World, the Tower
Author: Colin Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780246131461
Category : Spiders
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780246131461
Category : Spiders
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The Desert
Author: Colin Wilson
Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN: 9780441778102
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
With the majority of humankind lorded over by a race of intelligent flesh-eating spiders, a young warrior named Nial may have the only chance to discover the secret of the spiders
Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN: 9780441778102
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
With the majority of humankind lorded over by a race of intelligent flesh-eating spiders, a young warrior named Nial may have the only chance to discover the secret of the spiders
Spiders of the World
Author: Rod Preston-Mafham
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780713723922
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Many of nature's most curious and intriguing creatures can be discovered in the extraordinary Of the World set. Loaded with crisp, full-color photographs that often astonish and amuse, the 18-volume set provides unique insights into the amazing diversity of species around the globe.The volumes provide clear, basic information on physiology, classification, habitat, life cycle, and behavior, including such diverse topics as courtship and mating, egg-laying and development, reproduction and parental care, food and feeding.Here is a complete overview of these intriguing creatures with surprisingly individual life-styles.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780713723922
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Many of nature's most curious and intriguing creatures can be discovered in the extraordinary Of the World set. Loaded with crisp, full-color photographs that often astonish and amuse, the 18-volume set provides unique insights into the amazing diversity of species around the globe.The volumes provide clear, basic information on physiology, classification, habitat, life cycle, and behavior, including such diverse topics as courtship and mating, egg-laying and development, reproduction and parental care, food and feeding.Here is a complete overview of these intriguing creatures with surprisingly individual life-styles.
Spiders and Other Arachnids
Author: World Book
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716634188
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
What is an arachnid? How does a spider kill its prey? How do spiders make silk? Read this book to find out!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716634188
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
What is an arachnid? How does a spider kill its prey? How do spiders make silk? Read this book to find out!
I'm Trying to Love Spiders
Author: Bethany Barton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593113713
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The Official Spider Test. What do you do when you see a spider? a. Lay on a BIG spidey smoocheroo. b. Smile, but back away slowly. c. Grab the closest object, wind up, and let it fly. d. Run away screaming. If you chose b, c, or d, then this book is for you! (If you chose a, you might be crazy.) I’m Trying to Love Spiders will help you see these amazing arachnids in a whole new light, from their awesomely excessive eight eyes, to the seventy-five pounds of bugs a spider can eat in a single year! And you’re sure to feel better knowing you have a better chance of being struck by lightning than being fatally bit by a spider. Comforting, right? No? Either way, there’s heaps more information in here to help you forget your fears . . . or at least laugh a lot!
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593113713
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The Official Spider Test. What do you do when you see a spider? a. Lay on a BIG spidey smoocheroo. b. Smile, but back away slowly. c. Grab the closest object, wind up, and let it fly. d. Run away screaming. If you chose b, c, or d, then this book is for you! (If you chose a, you might be crazy.) I’m Trying to Love Spiders will help you see these amazing arachnids in a whole new light, from their awesomely excessive eight eyes, to the seventy-five pounds of bugs a spider can eat in a single year! And you’re sure to feel better knowing you have a better chance of being struck by lightning than being fatally bit by a spider. Comforting, right? No? Either way, there’s heaps more information in here to help you forget your fears . . . or at least laugh a lot!
Discovery Channel Insects & Spiders
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781563318412
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
From beetles and butterflies to grasshoppers and honeybees: two entomologists cover the mysterious world of insects, providing helpful tips on caring for insect pets and an identification guide to the most common insect and spider species. Full color.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781563318412
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
From beetles and butterflies to grasshoppers and honeybees: two entomologists cover the mysterious world of insects, providing helpful tips on caring for insect pets and an identification guide to the most common insect and spider species. Full color.
Creep and Flutter
Author: Jim Arnosky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402777660
Category : Insects
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Celebrates the beauty and diversity of hundreds of insects and spiders in an illustrated work that features eight gatefolds depicting butterflies, beetles, spiders, and other insects.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402777660
Category : Insects
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Celebrates the beauty and diversity of hundreds of insects and spiders in an illustrated work that features eight gatefolds depicting butterflies, beetles, spiders, and other insects.