The Ants is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book, written in 1991, by E. O. Wilson and Bert Hölldobler. It was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1991. Les Fourmis (English: The Ants) is a 1991 science fiction novel by French writer Bernard Werber. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward O. Wilson E. O. Wilson, or Edward Osborne Wilson, (born June 10, 1929) is an American entomologist and biologist known for his work on ecology, evolution, and sociobiology. ... Bert Hölldobler (born 1936) is a German myrmecologist who is a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work on The Ants (1991) with Edward O. Wilson. ... The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This book is primarily aimed at academics as a reference work, detailing the anatomy, physiology, social organization, ecology, and natural history of ants. An account of some of their most interesting findings, popularized for the layman, can be found in their 1994 book Journey to the Ants. Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... Physiology (in Greek physis = nature and logos = word) is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms. ... The word ecology is often used in common parlance as a synonym for the natural environment or environmentalism. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ... Subfamilies Dorylomorph subfamilies Apomyrminae Cerapachyinae Dorylinae Ecitoninae Formicomorph subfamilies: Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae - e. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Journey to the ants. ...

Editions

• Hardcover edition on Springer-Verlag, released March 1990: ISBN 3540520929
• Belknap Press edition: ISBN 0674040759

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External links

• Review: "The only professional science work to have won a Pulitzer Prize -- for general nonfiction in 1991 -- The Ants"