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Deborah Gordon liebt Ameisen

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Mit einem staubigen Bagger, einer Handvoll japanischer Filzstifte und einigen Studenten gräbt Deborah Gordon in the Wüste von Arizona Ameisenkolonien aus, dabei sucht sie nach entscheidenden Hinweisen zum Verständnis komplexer Systeme.

Over the course of years spent sucking insects from their nests, color-coding their abdomens with paint pens, and monitoring the movements of individual ants within colonies, Deborah Gordon has made surprising discoveries about the evolution of complex systems. Full bio »

Translated into German by Ralph Straumann
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