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Lessons from the Hive

Mark L. Winston

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$24.95 • £19.95 • €22.50

ISBN 9780674368392

Publication Date: 10/06/2014

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296 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Mark L. Winston is Professor and Senior Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

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Awards & Accolades

2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-fiction, Canada Council for the Arts

2014 Science in Society General Book Award, Canadian Science Writers’ Association

A 2016 “Five of the Best Books about Nature” Selection, Country & Town House [UK]

A CBC Books Best Book of 2015

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