The Superorganism
The Superorganism by Bert Holldobler and E.O.Wilson is a 2008 Science & Technology book written by TED speaker E. O. Wilson, paired here with the talk they gave.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect societies thrive in systems of altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and labor division.
The paired TED talk
My wish: Build the Encyclopedia of Life (2007), the TED talk by E. O. Wilson.