Karl Von Frisch: 3 books

Con una serie di ricerche, svolte nel secondo dopoguerra e ormai diventate patrimonio della biologia, Karl von Frisch ha dimostrato che nelle api è presente un trasferimento di informazione per mezzo di segni convenzionali. Come l’uomo, dunque, anche l’ape può venir definita un animale «simbolico». Le...

Over half a century of brilliant scientific detective work, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist Karl von Frisch learned how the world, looks, smells, and tastes to a bee. More significantly, he discovered their dance language and their ability to use the sun as a compass. Intended to serve as an accessible...

Twelve Little Housemates focuses on the characteristics, health hazards, life cycle, feeding habits, transfer, and control of insects that generally live in the house. The manuscript first offers information on the house-flies, and particularly emphasized are the distinguishing characteristics of...