The gift book for bug lovers, science readers, and people with an appreciation for the unusual.
Entomologist Barrett Klein unpacks how humans and insects relate on a cultural level -- and it is a revelation. His enthusiasm for the subject is infectious, explaining why some have called him the Ms. Frizzle of insects.
Klein demonstrates how insects have informed human culture in three big ways:
1. How we use their bodies, inside and out -- for food, medicine, colorings, lacquer
2. How we try to re-create them -- through robots, architecture, even our social structure
