Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Ants
- Author
- Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson
- Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 732
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The Pulitzer-winning synthesis of myrmecology — caste, chemical communication, colony as superorganism — and the standard reference on the subject.
Where I saw it: A reply to @WillManidis’s question on X, June 2, 2025 — “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/willmanidis/status/1929527399718269081
Offered in a thread about books that explain an entire industry; the “industry” here is a discipline.
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Edward O. Wilson · Evolution · Complexity — where this sits in the corpus.