“Arthropods. The fascinating creatures that changed history”, the work of J. Manuel Vidal-Cordero that will open your eyes about their role in the planet and in human life
Cockroaches, spiders, mosquitoes or flies They have very bad press and they are responsible for a good number of the phobias that humans suffer from, but each of them plays a relevant role on our planet and their entire history is in a book.
The biologist J. Manuel Vidal-Cordero has set out to change that perception and has brought together experts from entomology and other disciplines to explain the great role of these small beings in the future of our world.
Fascinating creatures
Arthropods. The fascinating creatures that changed history (Guadalmazán, 2024) explains the function of bees, mites, brine shrimp, casserole crabs, cockroaches, dung beetles, ants, flies or mosquitoes and, as expected, why they are so necessary.
Through their 386 illustrated pages You will discover the bug that, despite being highly persecuted, is proving crucial in biomedical studies.
Sneezing and cancer
In this book, in addition to the role of cockroaches, you will be able to learn about those responsible for the sneezing of 30% of the world’s population or one of those that causes the most deaths and that wakes you up at night with its buzz. In addition, there are scorpions, whose venom is used in the treatment of different diseases such as cancer.
You will also discover what kind of bug chased to death is being key in biomedical studies or that the writing revolution in the West was possible thanks to some wasps with many gills.
Journey through entomology
On this journey through the world of entomology You will read the story of a living fossil with several Guinness records and that of an animal that has won Nobel Prizes.
The fascinating creatures that they changed history It is a colossal work that has brought together around twenty professionals and disseminators of entomology and other disciplines to measure the essential role of such small beings in the future of our planet.
role on earth
Distilling the scientific message with conviction, with the passion and care of someone who deciphers an enigma and longs to announce it to the entire world, you will find in its pages bees, mites, brine shrimp, casserole crabs, cockroaches, dung beetles, ants, dragonflies and other taxa whose existence, sometimes almost unnoticed, has marked and will mark life on Earth.
An adventure by land, sea and air in search of the most curious animals in our nature that also helps to rediscover our memory as a species.
Research and dissemination
J. Manuel Vidal-Cordero is doctor in biology by the University of Granada, member of the Iberian Association of Myrmecology and author of the book What do we know about? The ants.
His line of research is focused on entomology, specifically on the study of effect of forest fires on ants and other arthropods, on which he has worked for more than ten years in different research projects.
Currently, Vidal-Cordero works as an entomologist in the Natural Processes Monitoring Team of the ICTS-RBD, in the Doñana Biological Stationand one of his great passions is scientific dissemination.
