The Spider's Web
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears, chipped and worn with some minor damage along spine and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings noted. Binding: Good. With 8 plates in Full Colour, 19 Half-Tone illustrations and 35 Line Drawings in the Text
Few structures in nature rival the spider's web in elegance, complexity, and predatory genius — and Theodore H. Savory's authoritative study brings this marvel into sharp scientific focus. A pioneering arachnologist, Savory chronicles the biology, architecture, and behavioural strategies behind the web's construction, presenting a meticulous account of how spiders across hundreds of species engineer their silken traps with astonishing precision. Written with the clarity and enthusiasm of a natural historian who spent a lifetime immersed in his subject, the text illuminates not just the mechanics of web-building but the evolutionary pressures that shaped it. Savory argues that the web is far more than a hunting tool — it is a window into the spider's nervous system, ecology, and place in the natural world. His prose balances scientific rigour with genuine wonder, making this work equally accessible to the casual naturalist and the serious zoologist. A landmark contribution to entomological literature, The Spider's Web remains a definitive reference that will leave any reader reconsidering the intricate architecture hidden in every garden corner.
Author: Theodore H. Savory
Format: Hardback
Published: 1952, Frederick Warne & Co.
Genre: Zoology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears, chipped and worn with some minor damage along spine and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings noted. Binding: Good. With 8 plates in Full Colour, 19 Half-Tone illustrations and 35 Line Drawings in the Text
Few structures in nature rival the spider's web in elegance, complexity, and predatory genius — and Theodore H. Savory's authoritative study brings this marvel into sharp scientific focus. A pioneering arachnologist, Savory chronicles the biology, architecture, and behavioural strategies behind the web's construction, presenting a meticulous account of how spiders across hundreds of species engineer their silken traps with astonishing precision. Written with the clarity and enthusiasm of a natural historian who spent a lifetime immersed in his subject, the text illuminates not just the mechanics of web-building but the evolutionary pressures that shaped it. Savory argues that the web is far more than a hunting tool — it is a window into the spider's nervous system, ecology, and place in the natural world. His prose balances scientific rigour with genuine wonder, making this work equally accessible to the casual naturalist and the serious zoologist. A landmark contribution to entomological literature, The Spider's Web remains a definitive reference that will leave any reader reconsidering the intricate architecture hidden in every garden corner.