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Deborah Gordon cava y disfruta de las hormigas

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Con una excavadora polvorienta, un puñado de marcadores japoneses y unos pocos estudiantes que la secundan, Deborah Gordon desentierra colonias de hormigas en el desierto de Arizona en busca de claves para entender sistemas complejos.

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 Spanish by Rodrigo Maluff
Reviewed by FABIO PADILLA
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