About the book: 1987 / The book by a famous scientist consists of short short stories telling about the diverse and multifaceted nature of the desert. The author's attention is drawn mainly to the small inhabitants of the deserts of Central Asia: ants, spiders, mites, caterpillars and butterflies, beetles, bees and wasps. The world of these creatures is still little known, and therefore observations of it are not only interesting, but also very useful.