Just out in paperback, The Thermal Warriors is biologist Bernd
Heinrich’s account of the intricate balancing of heat that dominates insect
lives. And you were taught they were cold-blooded and didn’t do that… Reviewer
Jonathan Beard enjoyed it (91av, 16 November 1996, p47). Published by
Harvard University Press, £10.95/$17.95, ISBN 0674883411.
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