Book Review: The Smaller Majority

Most of us who live in cities easily forget how much of the world is occupied by millions of little creatures who
fill the forests, oceans, deserts, and so on across the globe. We should probably pat attention, because when it comes
to both sheer numbers and overall biomass (i.e. if you put all
living things in a Cusinart and turned it on frappe…well, the resulting mush would be biomass), all those little
creatures, most of them without backbones (i.e. invertebrates) would totally dominate. But more than just potential
mush, these creatures are also create a wondrous, kaleidoscopic phantasmagoria (whew, that’s some phrase) of diversity.
A wondrous, kaleidoscopic phantasmagoria of diversity that we should al appreciate more.

Well, one scientist and photographer thinks so too, and his new book:
The Smaller
Majority
sets out to show us that world in vivid color and detail.
Piotr Naskrecki is the author and photographer and
scientist behind the book, and it is evident from the exquisite photos in this book that he loves his subjects.
Naskrecki is Director of the Invertebrate Diversity Initiative of Conservation International
and Research Associate with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University.
If you’ve ever wondered
whether a photo of a praying mantis could take your breath away, well, wonder no longer. This 268 page coffee
table-style book is filled with some of the most amazing images you will ever see.