Social Life in the Insect World (Pelican Books)

245 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (December 22, 1823 - October 11, 1915) was a French entomologist and author... Fabre went on to accomplish many scholarly achievements. He was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. Much of his enduring popularity is due to his marvelous teaching ability and his manner of writing about the lives of insects in biographical form, which he preferred to a clinically detached, journalistic mode of recording. In doing so he combined what he called "my passion for scientific truth" with keen observations and an engaging, colloquial style of writing."