For Love of Insects

Thomas Eisner

Foreword by Edward O. Wilson

  • 2003 Biological Science Winner in the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the American Association of Publishers
  • 2004 Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Book in the Science Category

Foreword by Edward O. Wilson

Prologue

1. Bombardier

2. Vinegaroons and Other Wizards

3. Wonders from Wonderland

4. Masters of Deception

5. Ambulatory Spray Guns

6. Tales from the Website

7. The Circumventers

8. The Opportunists

9. The Love Potion

10. The Sweet Smell of Success

Epilogue

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

  • Cover: For Love of Insects
  • A photo of the author

Author photo credits: S. Middleton, D. Luttsdewager (top); on bicycle, Peggy Haine (below)

Thomas Eisner is J. G. Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University. In 1994 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. His film Secret Weapons won the Grand Award at the New York Film Festival and was named Best Science Film by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Hölldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.