When Fabre is mentioned, people will think of "Insects", but in addition to "Insects", Fabre also wrote many other books. However, there are currently very few Chinese translations of these books, and none of them is as good as "Insects". "Insects" generally sells well. It can be seen that "Insects" has the greatest influence in our country. Even Lu Xun became a "fan" of Fabre because of this book, because Fabre did what he wanted to do in his childhood but did not things. The following is a brief introduction to Fabre and his works. 1. How interested was Fabre in insects?
Just like many ordinary country boys, Fabre lived in a small town in Provence, France when he was young. He was particularly fond of insects in nature. For example, he could watch ants moving around all afternoon or building webs. spider. In fact, many people were like this when they were children. What is unique about Fabre?
The most unique thing about Fabre is that many people forget their childhood ideas when they grow up, but Fabre became a disciple of entomologists and botanists and began to conduct relevant research in his spare time. The adult Fabre stayed in one place for a whole afternoon in order to observe flies. Finally, he was questioned by the inspector. Fabre's explanation was not convinced by the inspector, but the inspection could not find any evidence of Fabre's violation of laws and disciplines. Had to leave. 2. Fabre was once a teacher
Because his family was poor, Fabre chose to study as a free normal school student in his youth. After graduation, he served as a primary school teacher and a teacher in a normal school. When he was a teacher, a student asked him for algebra. Who knew that Fabre's biggest headache was algebra when he was in school, but Fabre didn't want to disappoint the student, so he told him to come back the next day. And he began to study mathematics by himself. Who knew that he would become obsessed with mathematics? Then he worked hard and obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and then a master's degree in mathematics.
Fabre had a set of research on poetry, so in the teaching process, he wrote several chemical physics textbooks with beautiful writing style. He also published research papers on zoology and botany through self-study, which was praised by Darwin. He also wrote some popular science books, such as "The Story of the Sky", "The Story of Nature", "The Story of the Earth", etc. 3. Fabre's insect works
Fabre's most important insect book is "Insects". It took Fabre nearly thirty years to write this book. With the development of biology, , there are also some errors and outdated parts in "Insects", but Fabre's writing style is very good, so from the perspective of a collection of essays, this is also an excellent reading, so "Insects" is still very popular today. Readers welcome.
The picture below shows the Barren Stone Garden, where Fabre lived and observed insects:
Fabre wrote many works on insects. The following is a brief list of some of them, written in "Nouveaux" in 1882. Souvenirs entomologiques", "Lectures sur la Zoologie?", "La plante?: le?ons à mon fils sur la botanique", written in 1892, "Oubreto Proven?alo dou Felibre di Tavan", written in 1909, written "La Vie des insectes" written in 1910, "M?urs des insectes" written in 1911, "Les Merveilles de l'instinct chez les insectes" written in 1913.
And "Insects" has ten volumes, so Fabre's book is almost endless to read. "Insects" alone is enough for us to read for a long time. Due to language problems, it is best to read directly. French version, otherwise it will feel awkward to read the translated content.
And due to the emergence of animal photography documentaries, very few people actually read Fabre's books.