Desert Navigator – The Journey of an Ant

Review

Rüdiger Wehner’s Desert Navigator is destined to be a classic in entomology and behavioral biology. It is through an extraordinary series of observations and experiments that we have the first effective look into the mind of ants.–Edward O. Wilson, University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

Wehner’s research has been highly influential in human spatial cognition, and we are lucky to have this rich and fascinating account.–Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works

This book is a masterpiece par excellence! Superb science, eloquently and engagingly written, and beautifully illustrated.–Bert Hölldobler, Foundation Professor of Life Sciences and Regent’s Professor, Arizona State University

Rarely do scientists write such broad and beautiful syntheses. The quality of the scholarship and the writing found in this book is truly outstanding. Indeed, it is a breathtaking piece of work.–Thomas D. Seeley, Horace White Professor in Biology, Cornell University

This is a marvelous book that no one could have written but Rüdiger Wehner. It is simply excellent.–Alexander Borst, Director, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried

This sumptuously produced book is a triumph both of natural history and of science…Understanding how this wonderful eusocial insect can accomplish its apparently miraculous feats of navigation has required imagination, intelligence and decades of disciplined application. Here, in one place, we can at last savor the full glory of this remarkable achievement….