Hugh Raffles reads from Insectopedia

One-time UCSC professor Hugh Raffles has written a book that is as beautiful as it is informative. Insectopedia is an exploration of the stunning, ancient, successful, astoundingly accomplished, largely unknown, and unfathomably different species with which we share this world: INSECTS.

For as long as humans have been here, insects have been here. Yet we hardly know them--the insects that eat our food, share our beds, live in our homes. Organizing his book alphabetically, with one entry for each letter, weaving together brief vignettes, meditations, and extended essays, author Hugh Raffles uses the prism of history and science, anthropology and travel, economics and popular culture to show how insects have triggered our obsessions, stirred our fears, and beguiled our imaginations.

Deftly combining the anecdotal and the scientific, Raffles has given us an essential book of reference. Please join us as we welcome Mr. Raffles for a book talk, signing, and q&a.

Insectopedia--SIGNED EDITION

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Insectopedia (Hardcover)

By Hugh Raffles

$29.95

ISBN-13: 9780375423864
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Published: Pantheon, 3/2010

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