Article ID: CBB000202820

Brave New Worlds: Trophallaxis and the Origin of Society in the Early Twentieth Century (2002)

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Description “[Demonstrates] how Aldous Huxley's bleak vision of humanity in the novel Brave New World … has much in common with metaphors generated by those [scientists] studying ants.”


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Authors & Contributors
Schulz, Jörg
Maroscia, Paolo
Kathryn L. Smithies
Italia, Paola
Chew, Carissa
Nichols, Rachael L.
Concepts
Science and literature
Metaphors; analogies
Entomology
Science and culture
Insects
Mathematics
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
20th century, late
Early modern
Places
England
Jerusalem
Florence (Italy)
United States
Italy
Germany
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