Fabre's Book of Insects by Jean-Henri Fabre (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Fabre's Book of Insects by Jean-Henri Fabre (1998, Trade Paperback)
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- 9780486401522
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486401529
ISBN-13
9780486401522
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1572938
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fabre's Book of Insects
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Topic
Animals / Insects & Spiders
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-004171
Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
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., Beautiful, simply written observations about the beetle, cicada, praying mantis, glow-worm, wasp, grub, cricket, locust and other creatures, describing how they hunt, build nests, feed families, and more.
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