Cover art for Underbug
Published
Oneworld, June 2020
ISBN
9781786076823
Format
Softcover, 320 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 2.3cm

Underbug An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology by

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Who has the answer to the world's fuel problems? How can we bring ruined land back to life? Where do roboticists turn when they try to engineer a hive mind?

Termites.

Strange though it may seem, scientists are looking to these much-reviled insects as little guides to the biggest of ideas. Lisa Margonelli follows them to find out how termites could change the world.

A masterpiece of popular science, Underbug touches on everything from metaphysical meditation, technological innovation and the psychology of obsession to good old-fashioned biology.

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