Fabre's Book of Insects - Brossura

Fabre, Jean-Henri; Teixeira De Mattos, Alexander; Stawell, Rodolph

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486401529 ISBN 13: 9780486401522

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1998

Riassunto

Hailed by Darwin as "The Homer of Insects," famed French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre (1823–1915) devoted hours of rapt attention to insects while they hunted, built nests, and fed their families. Working in Provence, in barren, sun-scorched fields inhabited by countless wasps and bees, he observed their intricate and fascinating world, recounting their activities in simple, beautifully written essays.
This volume, based on translations of Fabre's Souvenirs Entomologiques, blends folklore and mythology with factual explanation. Fabre's absorbing account of the scarab beetle's existence, for example, begins with the ancient Egyptians' symbolic view of this busy creature, eventually leading to a careful discussion of its characteristic method of rolling a carefully sculpted ball of food to its den. Elsewhere, he discusses with infectious enthusiasm the physiologic secrets behind the luminosity of fireflies, the musical talents of the locust, the comfortable home of the field cricket, and the cannibalism of the pious-looking praying mantis, among other topics.
These charmingly related stories of insect life are a rare combination of scientific study and literary classic that will delight entomologists, naturalists, and nature lovers alike.

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Product Description

Great French entomologist's charming essays on insect life combine scientific rigor with the style of a literary classic. Beautifully written passages reveal the intricate, fascinating worlds of the beetle, cicada, praying mantis, glow-worm, wasp, grub, cricket, locust, and other creatures as they hunt, build nests, feed families, and more. Rare volume will delight any naturalist.

Contenuti

Publisher's Note I My Work and My Workshop II The Sacred Beetle III The Cicada IV The Praying Mantis V The Glow-Worm VI A Mason-Wasp VII The Psyches VIII The Self-Denial of the Spanish Copris IX Two Strange Grasshoppers X Common Wasps XI The Adventures of a Grub XII The Cricket XIII The Sisyphus XIV The Capricorn XV Locusts XVI The Anthrax Fly

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486401529
• ISBN 13: 9780486401522
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 168
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italia