From Axolotl to Zebrafish, discover a host of barely imagined beings: real creatures that are often more astonishing than anything dreamt in the pages of a medieval bestiary. Ranging from the depths of the ocean to the most arid corners of the earth, Caspar Henderson captures the beauty and bizarreness of the many living forms we thought we knew and some we could never have contemplated, inviting us to better imagine the precarious world we inhabit. A witty, vivid blend of pioneering natural history and spiritual primer, infectiously celebratory about life's sheer ingenuity and variety, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings is a mind-expanding, wonder-inducing read.
ISBN: | 9781847082442 |
Publication date: | 3rd October 2013 |
Author: | Caspar Henderson |
Illustrator: | Golbanou Moghaddas |
Publisher: | Granta Books an imprint of Granta Publications |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 448 pages |
Genres: |
The Earth: natural history: general interest Popular Science Zoology and animal sciences |