A 1943 novel by Stefan Themerson (first published 1953), Professor Mmaa's Lecture is a satirical novel, set within a termite colony. It follows two plots: one, that of termite academics, studying the physiology and social organization of a particularly fascinating mammal--a bipedal, bald primate known as homo. But while the insectoid scientists are busy conducting research on living homo specimens and spinning it into university lectures, the termite colony's society--eerily similar to that of humans--is being shaken by social dissent and political games. Mound-shaking events are coming...