ISBN: 9780674035409

Throughout the Middle Ages, enormously popular bestiaries presented people with descriptions of rare and unusual animals, typically paired with a moral or religious lesson. The real and t… Mehr…

Throughout the Middle Ages, enormously popular bestiaries presented people with descriptions of rare and unusual animals, typically paired with a moral or religious lesson. The real and the imaginary blended seamlessly in these books--at the time, the existence of a rhinoceros was as credible as a unicorn or dragon. Although audiences now scoff at the impossibility of mythological beasts, there remains an extraordinary willingness to suspend skepticism and believe wild stories about nature, particularly about insects and their relatives in the Phylum Arthropoda. In The Earwig's Tail, entomologist May Berenbaum and illustrator Jay Hosler draw on the powerful cultural symbols of these antiquated books to create a beautiful and witty bestiary of the insect world. Berenbaum's compendium of tales is an alphabetical tour of modern myths that humorously illuminates aerodynamically unsound bees, ear-boring earwigs, and libido-enhancing Spanish flies. She tracks down the germ of scientific truth that inspires each insect urban legend and shares some wild biological lessons, which, because of the amazing nature of the insect world, can be more fantastic than even the mythic misperceptions. Trade Books>Hardcover>Nature & Wildlife>Insects & Spiders>Insects & Spiders, Harvard University Press Core >2<

2009, ISBN: 9780674035409

Harvard University Press, Hardcover, 174 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-09-18T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 26 drawings, 0.39 kg, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Subjects, Books, Arac… Mehr…

Harvard University Press, Hardcover, 174 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-09-18T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: 26 drawings, 0.39 kg, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Subjects, Books, Arachnids, Invertebrates, Animal Sciences, Biological Sciences, Science, Nature & Maths, Insects, History of Science, History & Philosophy, Popular Maths, Mathematics, Insects & Spiders, Wild Animals, Books Global Store, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_3601, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_0, Special Features Stores, Arborist Merchandising Root, Harvard University Press, 2009<

ISBN: 9780674035409

Find Earwig's Tail by May R. Berenbaum in Hardcover and other formats in Nature > Animals - Insects & Spiders. Nature 9780674035409, Harvard University Press