For Love of Insects
Thomas Eisner
Foreword by Edward O. Wilson
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
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.