The insect epiphany how our six-legged allies shape human culture
"Insects surround us. They fuel life on Earth through their roles as pollinators, predators, and prey, but rarely do we consider the outsize influence they have had on our culture and civilization. Their anatomy and habits inform how we live, work, create art, and innovate. Featuring nearly 250 colo...
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Portland, Oregon :
Timber Press,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Section I: Working with them : symbiosis
- Products. Silk ; Wax ; Honey ; Lacquer ; Color ; Paper ; Chitin ; Venom and poison
- Using insect bodies. Food ; Medicine ; Light ; Art
- Section II: Making them : genesis. Exoskeleton envy ; Rise of the insect robots ; Art, and fabricating the perfect insect ; Architecture : building what they build
- Section III: Becoming them : metamorphosis. Fight like an insect ; Dance like an insect ; Act like an insect ; Dress like an insect ; Sound like an insect.
