Bookshelf

Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

Amazing Ants: Simple Sidewalk Science by W. Barkley Butler ’64

July 1, 2021

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(Unionville, N.Y.: Royal Fireworks Press, 2017).
Teen scientists interested in learning about biology and exploring the design of scientific experiments meet the common ant — one of the easiest animals to acquire and use in a scientific setting. Part instruction book, part research notebook, Amazing Ants offers young explorers how-to tips for designing an experiment, collecting and analyzing data, and communicating results. The author is a professor emeritus at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and former chief of the biochemistry laboratory of the Michigan Cancer Foundation.