RaveThe New York Times Book Review...as Lisa Margonelli’s mesmerizing book makes clear, we have got termites all wrong ... Margonelli turns cutting-edge science into rich narrative by plunging deep into the termite’s world — a move that requires a certain cognitive shift ... This isn’t just a brilliant book about bugs. For almost a decade, Margonelli scrutinized the scientists and their work with the same forensic gaze they themselves applied to the insects. The result is a rare longitudinal insight into the slippery nature of scientific progress ... Margonelli’s masterly book is a timely, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be human, as much as what it means to be termite, and a penetrating look at the moral challenges of our ongoing technological revolution.
