RAINBOW DUST: THREE CENTURIES OF DELIGHT IN BRITISH BUTTERFLIES
Book ID/图书代码： 11320014B75183
English Summary/英文概要： For whatever reason butterflies hold a special place in our hearts and in our imagination.’
It is this universal passion, even from those who would not necessarily know one butterfly from another, which is the subject of Rainbow Dust. Much more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies, Rainbow Dust delves further to explore the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike: the brilliant colours and wing-patterns of butterflies have been borrowed by art, literature, film, folklore and advertising. The ‘messages’ we see in butterflies have ranged from metaphors of the human spirit to images of value, freedom, dalliance and – from a different perspective – worthlessness.
Rainbow Dust is not about butterflies in isolation, but a uniquely eloquent and personal book about butterflies and the people who like them.
Peter Marren writes, ‘This book is about butterflies, their cultural story and about the unspoken kinship we feel for these creatures. It is the record of feelings, not science, that make butterflies, in a sense, ours, and that is exactly why we care about them. Expect this book to be a celebration; one shot through with a sense of wonder but also of sorrow at what we are losing.’
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 无论出于何种原因蝴蝶存在于我们心中和我们想象中一个特殊的地方。
正是这种普遍的热情，甚至那些谁不一定知道从另外一个蝴蝶，这是彩虹粉尘的主题。很多不仅仅是一个领域指南或蝴蝶的自然历史的更多，彩虹尘进一步深入研究，探索其中的蝴蝶喜悦的方式和激励我们所有人，自然主义和非博物学家的一致好评：绚丽的色彩和蝴蝶翼模式已经被借用通过艺术，文学，电影，民俗和广告。该“消息”我们看到的蝴蝶已经从人类精神的隐喻的价值，自由，调情和图像范围 ——从不同的角度来说—— 无价值。
彩虹尘埃并不是孤立中的蝴蝶，而是一个独特的口才和个人本关于蝴蝶和喜欢他们的人。
Peter Marren写道，“这本书是关于蝴蝶，他们的文化故事，关于潜亲属关系，我们觉得这些动物。它是感情，不是科学，使蝴蝶的纪录，在一定意义上，我们的，这也正是为什么我们关心他们。希望这本书是一个庆祝活动;通过与一种奇怪的感觉的一击，但也悲哀的是我们正在失去’。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况："A scholarly and captivating excursion into the history of natural history, further enlivened by vivid portraits of some of the butterfly enthusiasts of the past" (Michael McCarthy Independent)
"Never again will this reader, at least, take a butterfly for granted… Beautifully written and thoroughly researched, Rainbow Dust is a truly marvellous book" (Sophia Waugh, 5 stars Telegraph)
About the Author/作者介绍： Peter Marren是一个获奖的野生动物作家，记者和无脊椎动物民俗和名称方面的专家。他的著作包括英国的珍稀花卉和新自然主义，它赢得了社会的自然历史的Thackray的历史勋章。他因对大英百科的错误上进行研究而赢得了Leverhulme研究奖学金。Peter Marren is a prize-winning wildlife writer, journalist and authority on invertebrate folklore and names. His books include Britain’s Rare Flowers and The New Naturalists, which won the Society for the History of Natural History’s Thackray Medal. He won a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for work on Bugs Britannica.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
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