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An Obsession With Butterflies : Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect by Russell, Sharman Apt is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is An Obsession With Butterflies : Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect about?
Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation, butterflies are above all objects of obsession. She reveals the logic behind our endless fascination with butterflies and introduces us to the legendary collectors and dedicated scientists who have obsessively catalogued new species of Lepidoptera. A luminous journey through an exotic world of passion and strange beauty, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who has ever experienced the enchantment of butterflies.
Who reads An Obsession With Butterflies : Our Long Love Affair With A Singular Insect?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Russell, Sharman Apt
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780465071609
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Science, Nature
- Rating
- 3.9 / 5 (32 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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