This new edition of "The Insects: Structure and Function" captivates readers with details about the morphology, processes, and mechanisms that enable insects to thrive on Earth. The tradition of excellence established by Chapman continues. The thoroughly modernized and comprehensive revision captures the excitement surrounding recent significant advances in understanding.

R. F. Chapman (1930-2003) was a distinguished insect physiologist and professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Arizona. His first four editions of "The Insects" have set the standard text in this field for over forty years.

Stephen J. Simpson is an ARC Laureate Fellow at the School of Biological Sciences and the academic director of the Perkins Centre for Obesity Research.