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Oxford University Museum of Natural History Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Essential Entomology, George C. McGavin

Essential Entomology

George C. McGavin
Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryOxford University Museum of Natural History

Recently @georgecmcgavin and @LeonidasDav published the 2nd edition of Essential Entomology, which is an accessible introduction to entomology for anyone interested in the natural world https://t.co/IgNuMYQOod

Hardcover, 2023

$105.00$80.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps, Seirian Sumner

Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps

Seirian Sumner
Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryOxford University Museum of Natural History

Endless Forms: Reasons to Love Wasps A journey into the secret world of wasps that is guaranteed to blow your mind on 26 May with Seirian Sumner. Book FREE tickets here: https://t.co/IR1RlxE975 https://t.co/SMhR2BdimV

Hardcover, 2022

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, Edward O. Wilson

Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition

Edward O. Wilson
Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryOxford University Museum of Natural History

Collartida eowilsoni - Davranoglou, Banar, Malenovsky & Kment, 2022 Edward Osborne Wilson to honour his contributions to science. Described as “Darwin's heir,” E. O. Wilson revolutionised our understanding of ant taxonomy and led to the establishment of the field of sociobiology https://t.co/QYK0ZABapt

Paperback, 2000

$63.50$38.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Phylogenetic Systematics, Willi Hennig

Phylogenetic Systematics

Willi Hennig
Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryOxford University Museum of Natural History

Acartophthalmites willii- Pérez- de la Fuente, Hoffeins & Rohacek, 2018 Researchers described a fly in Baltic amber that they dedicated to Willi Hennig, outstanding dipterist and evolutionary biologist who founded phylogenetic systematics. https://t.co/eulrLstgdx

Paperback, 1999

$39.00$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book