Animal Architecture

Author : Ingo Arndt
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781419711657
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Architecture written by Ingo Arndt and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects photographs of structures created by animals, from the six-foot-high hills of tiny red ants to the colorfully decorated courtship arenas of the bowerbird, showcasing the connections between human and animal architecture.

Author : James L. Gould
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 046502839X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Architects written by James L. Gould and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal behavior has long been a battleground between the competing claims of nature and nurture, with the possible role of cognition in behavior as a recent addition to this debate. There is an untapped trove of behavioral data that can tell us a great deal about how the animals draw from these neural strategies: The structures animals build provide a superb window on the workings of the animal mind. Animal Architects examines animal architecture across a range of species, from those whose blueprints are largely innate (such as spiders and their webs) to those whose challenging structures seem to require intellectual insight, planning, and even aesthetics (such as bowerbirds’ nests, or beavers’ dams). Beginning with instinct and the simple homes of solitary insects, James and Carol Gould move on to conditioning; the “cognitive map” and how it evolved; and the role of planning and insight. Finally, they reflect on what animal building tells us about the nature of human intelligence-showing why humans, unlike many animals, need to build castles in the air.

Author : Amy Cherrix
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534456252
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Architects written by Amy Cherrix and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Did you know the natural world is a construction zone? Amazing animals all over the world are building all kinds of structures every single day. This fascinating, fact-filled book will captivate young scientists and naturalists and have them looking out for animal construction projects happening in their own backyards!"--

Author : Karl von Frisch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780091227104
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Architecture written by Karl von Frisch and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Dewey
Publisher : Orchard Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780531059302
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Architecture written by Jennifer Dewey and published by Orchard Books (NY). This book was released on 1991 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the kinds of habitats animals build for themselves.

Author : Catherine T. Ingraham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135993386
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture, Animal, Human written by Catherine T. Ingraham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at specific instances in the Renaissance, Enlightenment and our own time when architectural ideas and ideas of biological life come into close proximity with each other. These convergences are fascinating and complex, offering new insights into architecture and its role. Establishing architecture as a product of the ascendancy of the position of human life, the author shows here that while architecture is dependent on life forces for its existence, at the same time it must be, at some level, indifferent to the life within it. Life, for its part, privileges itself above all else, and seeks to continuously expand its field of expression. This, then, is the asymmetrical condition, and to understand it is to gain important new theoretical perspectives into the nature of architecture.

Author : Mike Hansell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0199205566
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Built by Animals written by Mike Hansell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From vast termite mounds that outstrip our own skyscrapers, to elaborate birds nests, delicate shells, and deadly spiders' traps, the constructions of the animal world can amaze and at times humble our own engineering and technology. Mike Hansell reveals the biology behind animal architecture - showing how small brains have evolved to produce complex and beautiful structures.

Author : Julio Antonio Blasco
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781780676531
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Architects written by Julio Antonio Blasco and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantastic, original exploration of how animals build their homes and the fascinating structures they create.From gladiator frogs to chimpanzees, learn about how animals all over the world build their homes. Each spread contains a beautiful, colourful illustration of each animal and its home, plus a unique fold-out information panel, with stats and a simple architectural diagram showcasing the creation of the 'architect'. Look inside chimpanzee nests, beaver dams, termite mounds, stork nests and many more - and get to know the clever animals who build them!

Author : Mike Hansell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578606
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Built by Animals written by Mike Hansell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From termite mounds that in relative terms are three times as tall as a skyscraper, to the elaborate nests of social birds and the deadly traps of spiders, the constructions of the animal world can amaze and at times humble our own engineering and technology. But how do creatures with such small brains build these complex structures? What drives them to do it? Which skills are innate and which learned? Here, Mike Hansell looks at the extraordinary structures that animals build - whether homes, traps, or courtship displays - and reveals the biology behind their behaviour. He shows how small-brained animals achieve complex feats in a small-brained way, by repeating many simple actions and using highly evolved self-secreted materials. On the other hand, the building feats or tool use of large-brained animals, such as humans or chimps, require significantly more complex and costly behaviour. We look at wasp's nests, leaf-cutting ants, caddisflies and amoebae, and even the extraordinary bower bird, who seduces his mate with a decorated pile of twigs, baubles, feathers and berries. Hansell explores how animal structures evolved over time, how insect societies emerge, how animals can alter their wider habitat, and even whether some animals have an aesthetic sense.

Author : Mendoza G.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House By Mouse written by Mendoza G. and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: