Title:
The butterfly effect : insects and the making of the modern world / Edward D. Melillo.
ISBN:
9781524733216
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
253 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book" -- title page verso.
Contents:
The Bug in the System -- Shellac -- Silk -- Cochineal -- Resurgence and Resilience -- Nobel Flies -- Lords of the Floral -- A Six-Legged Menu -- Epilogue: Listening to Insects
Summary:
When we bite into a shiny apple, listen to the resonant notes of a violin, get dressed, receive a dental implant, or get a manicure, we are the beneficiaries of a vast army of insects. Try as we might to replicate their raw material, our artificial substitutes have proven subpar at best, and at worst toxic, ensuring our interdependence with the insect world for the foreseeable future. Melillo shows how we have relied on these creatures for, among other things, the key discoveries of modern medical science and the future of the world's food supply. -- adapted from jacket
OCLC Number:
on1129041146
Availability:
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