ENCHANTED CREATURES - OUR MONSTERS AND THEIR MEANINGS
'Fascinating a riveting tour' MERLIN SHELDRAKE
'Game of Thrones meets the Natural History Museum meets Grimm fairytales fascinating, enthralling and definitely enchanting' CHRIS PACKHAM
'Thrilling, wide-ranging and profound' CASPER HENDERSON
The hydra rears its many heads in a flurry of teeth and poisonous fumes. The cyborg lays waste to humanity with a ruthless, expressionless stare.
From ancient mythology to modern science fiction, we have had to confront the monsters that lurk in the depths of our collective imagination. They embody our anxieties and our irrational terrors, giving form to what we don't wish to know or understand. For millennia, monsters have helped us to manage the extraordinary complexity of our minds and to deal with the challenges of being human.
In Enchanted Creatures, Natalie Lawrence delves into 15,000 years of imaginary beasts and uncovers the other-worldly natural history that has evolved with our deepest fears and fascinations. Join Lawrence on a tour of prehistoric cave monsters, serpentine hybrids, deep-sea leviathans and fire-breathing Kaiju. Discover how this monstrous menagerie has shaped our minds, our societies and how we see our place in nature.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
LAWRENCE NATALIE
Natalie Lawrence es una escritora, investigadora, historiadora de la ciencia e ilustradora británica. Licenciada en Zoología y poseedora de una maestría y un doctorado en Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia por la Universidad de Cambridge, ha logrado construir una sólida carrera conectando la biología profunda, la antropología y la cultura popular. Es mundialmente reconocida por su labor como comunicadora científica del Laboratorio de Inteligencia Mínima MInD Lab y por sus aclamados libros que desafían nuestra forma de entender la consciencia vegetal y la creación de mitos.
