Interesting online courses -Bugs 101
New free course on Coursera -Bugs 101: Insect-Human Interactions
There are more than 200 million insects for every human being living on the planet today. As you sit reading this sentence, between 1 quadrillion and 10 quadrillion insects are shuffling and crawling and flapping around on the planet, outnumbering the grains of sand on all the world’s beaches.
— Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
If most other instructors of courses had the level of infectious enthusiasm about their areas as the instructors of this course, then the world of education will be a thrill for learners everywhere.
For Discussion: Two good books about insects — what are your favorite books about insects?
Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Bugged: The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them by David MacNeal
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