The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography
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Translator's Note
4:28 -
The Harmas
26:13 -
The Anthrax
53:42 -
Another Prober
21:24 -
Larval Dimorphism
47:36 -
Heredity
29:53 -
My Schooling
48:17 -
The Pond
30:03 -
The Caddis Worm
45:10 -
The Greenbottles
33:10 -
The Grey Flesh Flies
28:38 -
The Bumblebee Fly
34:51 -
Mathematical Memories - Newton's Binomial Theorem
31:29 -
Mathematical Memories - My Little Table
25:56 -
The Bluebottle - The Laying
35:48 -
The Bluebottle - The Grub
34:41 -
A Parasite of the Maggot
32:38 -
Recollections of Childhood
22:36 -
Insects and Mushrooms
36:52 -
A Memorable Lesson
32:18 -
Industrial Chemistry
35:11
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An untilled patch of stony ground in Provence becomes Jean-Henri Fabre's long awaited outdoor laboratory. He opens these natural history essays by describing the land he has finally obtained and defending his habit of watching living insects closely. The volume brings together studies of flies with accounts of ponds, caddis worms and other small creatures, alongside memories of schooling, childhood and mathematics.
Fabre makes observation the centre of his writing. In the passage on flesh flies, he follows newly born larvae as they begin feeding, compares their development with that of greenbottles, and examines how their breathing structures work. His explanations move between precise detail and comparisons with familiar objects, including flowers. The autobiographical chapters give this patient observer a personal presence within the scientific material.
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- Author
- Jean-Henri Fabre
- Reading time
- About 7 hours
- Pages
- 172
- Language
- English
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- Popular Science
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