Insectopolis : a natural history / Peter Kuper.
"This visually immersive work of graphic nonfiction dives into a world where ants, cicadas, bees, and butterflies visit a library exhibition that displays their stories and humanity's connection to them throughout the ages. Kuper's thrilling visual feast layers history and science, color and design, to tell the remarkable tales of dung beetles navigating by the stars, hawk-size prehistoric dragonflies hunting prey, and mosquitoes changing the course of human history. Kuper also illuminates pioneering naturalists, from well-known figures like E. O. Wilson and Rachel Carson to unheralded luminaries like Charles Henry Turner, the Black American scholar who documented arthropod intelligence, and Maria Sybilla Merian, the seventeenth-century German regarded as the mother of entomology. Galvanized by the sixth extinction and the ongoing insect crisis, Kuper takes readers on an unforgettable journey." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324035718
- ISBN: 1324035714
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025.
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Available copies
- 16 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richlands Branch Library | 595.7 KUP (Text) | 36015000733630 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | 595.7 KUP (Text) | 36015000733028 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | 595.7 KUP (Text) | 36015000732962 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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"This visually immersive work of graphic nonfiction dives into a world where ants, cicadas, bees, and butterflies visit a library exhibition that displays their stories and humanity's connection to them throughout the ages. Kuper's thrilling visual feast layers history and science, color and design, to tell the remarkable tales of dung beetles navigating by the stars, hawk-size prehistoric dragonflies hunting prey, and mosquitoes changing the course of human history. Kuper also illuminates pioneering naturalists, from well-known figures like E. O. Wilson and Rachel Carson to unheralded luminaries like Charles Henry Turner, the Black American scholar who documented arthropod intelligence, and Maria Sybilla Merian, the seventeenth-century German regarded as the mother of entomology. Galvanized by the sixth extinction and the ongoing insect crisis, Kuper takes readers on an unforgettable journey." --
