出版時(shí)間:2010-2  出版社:三聯(lián)書(shū)店  作者:[英]海倫?麥克唐納  頁(yè)數(shù):207  譯者:萬(wàn)迎朗,王萍  
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前言

  1998年,肯·弗蘭克林(Ken Franklin)訓(xùn)練了一只名叫非凡的雌性游隼,并讓它跟著一名身著高速降落服自由下落的跳傘員,從4800多米高空的飛機(jī)上跳下。高速電影的片段記錄了多次俯沖的過(guò)程,發(fā)現(xiàn)她把頭深深埋在翅間,腳縮攏在羽毛下,讓身體形成如雨滴般完美的空氣動(dòng)力學(xué)形態(tài)。當(dāng)時(shí)速達(dá)到160公里時(shí),哪怕身體和翅翼最細(xì)微的變化都會(huì)帶來(lái)極大影響;它看上去正如弗蘭克林后來(lái)所描述的那樣,緊緊收攏,形似木乃伊??墒?,就在人們感覺(jué)她的速度已不能再快時(shí),她又一次改變自己的姿勢(shì):一只肩膀向前聳出,從阻擋它前進(jìn)的空氣分子間穿過(guò),以超過(guò)320公里的時(shí)速劃破長(zhǎng)空,把目瞪口呆的攝影師遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)甩開(kāi)?! ■朗瞧駷橹顾俣茸羁斓膭?dòng)物。我們?yōu)橹d奮,因?yàn)樗@得比其他鳥(niǎo)類更高傲,渾身散發(fā)出危險(xiǎn)、敏銳和天生的貴族氣息。當(dāng)然,這些都是我們自己形成的概念,根本不關(guān)隼什么事。它們雖然是一種真實(shí)的、活生生的動(dòng)物,但卻只能被人類透過(guò)所謂的文化眼鏡(Kulturbrille)——人類學(xué)家弗朗茨.博厄斯(Franz goas)所說(shuō)的,依托個(gè)人文化背景來(lái)觀察世界的一副心靈透鏡——來(lái)審視。

內(nèi)容概要

隼,一種強(qiáng)健、美麗、富有魅力的猛禽,世界上速度最快的動(dòng)物。不管是愛(ài)它、恨它還是怕它,將它當(dāng)作神來(lái)崇拜、當(dāng)作狩獵伙伴來(lái)珍視,還是當(dāng)作徽識(shí)來(lái)使用,人類對(duì)隼已經(jīng)著迷了上千年。作為了解這種迷人動(dòng)物的必備圖書(shū),本書(shū)將新的迷人光輝注入這種非凡的鳥(niǎo),還有它飛過(guò)的種種文化。從隼的神話與傳說(shuō)、作為古老運(yùn)動(dòng)的馴隼術(shù)、作為現(xiàn)代城市住戶的隼,講到隼的自然歷史與保護(hù),還包括隼是怎樣被征召成戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)象征和武器的。

作者簡(jiǎn)介

  海倫·麥克唐納,曾為英國(guó)和阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長(zhǎng)國(guó)的隼保護(hù)組織工作,現(xiàn)任劍橋大學(xué)耶穌學(xué)院研究員。

書(shū)籍目錄

前言1  自然歷史2  神秘的隼3  馴隼4  瀕危的隼5  戰(zhàn)隼6 城市隼隼年代表征引文獻(xiàn)及注釋參考書(shū)目相關(guān)機(jī)構(gòu)及網(wǎng)站作者致謝圖片致謝出版后記

章節(jié)摘錄

  1 自然歷史  隼科有六十多名成員,它們和其他晝行性的猛禽,如鷹、雕和鷲,雖然在外形上有些相似,但或許只有較遠(yuǎn)的親緣關(guān)系;有部分學(xué)者認(rèn)為,隼和鶚的關(guān)系更近些。隼的外觀及習(xí)性多種多樣。從愛(ài)翻垃圾堆、叫聲嘶啞并貌似禿鷲的卡拉鷹,到行為詭秘的熱帶叢林隼,它們所具有的相同特征,如鼻孔處的骨節(jié)和獨(dú)特的換毛樣式,是其同屬隼家族的標(biāo)志。在分類學(xué)上,隼科中“真正的隼”又被歸入隼屬(Falco)。它們形成于相對(duì)較近的年代,也就是大約距今七八百萬(wàn)年前。當(dāng)時(shí),氣候變化新造就了幾千萬(wàn)畝的熱帶草原和稀樹(shù)草原。得益于這種開(kāi)闊地形,生命類型快速、爆炸性地輻射開(kāi)來(lái)?! ■缹俪31环譃樗慕M:體型大、以昆蟲(chóng)為食的燕隼;體型小、專捕鳥(niǎo)類的灰背隼;茶隼;以及還可細(xì)分為游隼和沙漠隼的一組大型隼。這里要介紹的游隼和沙漠隼都能快速飛行,長(zhǎng)著黑眼睛,是開(kāi)闊天空中的活躍獵手。游隼專捕鳥(niǎo)類,沙漠隼還能獵食小型哺乳動(dòng)物、爬行動(dòng)物和昆蟲(chóng)。和很多獵食鳥(niǎo)類的猛禽一樣,這兩類隼都顯示出相反的二型性(RSD):即雌鳥(niǎo)體型明顯大于雄鳥(niǎo)。長(zhǎng)期以來(lái),進(jìn)化生態(tài)學(xué)家們?cè)噲D解釋這種現(xiàn)象。也許雌鳥(niǎo)喜歡體型較小的雄鳥(niǎo),因?yàn)樗鼈儗?duì)自己和幼鳥(niǎo)們威脅較小。或者,也許雌鳥(niǎo)在為積極爭(zhēng)得擁有最佳捕食領(lǐng)地的雄鳥(niǎo)時(shí),那些體型較大的獲得了自然選擇。

媒體關(guān)注與評(píng)論

  這本令人驚嘆的書(shū)既非馴隼術(shù)講義,也非生物學(xué)或動(dòng)物保護(hù)學(xué)教材,而旨在捕捉并真正解讀隼的本質(zhì),不啻是一部思考最為周詳?shù)啮李惿鐣?huì)史……文筆優(yōu)美清新?!  ?guó)《馴隼人》雜志  設(shè)計(jì)精美,既為世界上速度最快的動(dòng)物書(shū)寫(xiě)了自然史,也講述了它們與人類長(zhǎng)相廝守的故事。  ——美國(guó)《華盛頓郵報(bào)》

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  •   書(shū)不錯(cuò),關(guān)于隼的歷史說(shuō)了好多相關(guān)的東西。最喜歡摩天大廈和隼的部分~
  •   歷史悠久,老外的書(shū)嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)
  •   值得收藏的一本書(shū),里面的畫(huà)面都有一定的年代感
  •   我是替朋友買(mǎi)的,買(mǎi)來(lái)之后也借閱了一下,寫(xiě)的相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)!文筆清晰,很有引人入勝的感覺(jué),知識(shí)也相當(dāng)專業(yè),圖片更是配的非常到位。是一本好書(shū)!
  •   中國(guó)人那是肯定寫(xiě)不出這樣的東西來(lái)的!
  •   此書(shū)前半部分講解隼的文化歷史,后半部分介紹隼的保護(hù)等等。內(nèi)容還好。
  •   講述隼一世世代代,方方面面。也專注講了游隼等某個(gè)種類。但總感覺(jué)少了什么。
  •   內(nèi)容還沒(méi)看 送貨的時(shí)候書(shū)被壓了……印刷還好 比想象的小
  •   翻譯不好!當(dāng)小說(shuō)看看而已,一般!
  •     《隼》這本書(shū)不錯(cuò)。隼真是一種魅力十足地動(dòng)物。它在動(dòng)物中的高貴位置,就好比藏獒在群狗中的更勝一籌一樣。抱歉,你的評(píng)論太短了。抱歉,你的評(píng)論太短了。抱歉,你的評(píng)論太短了。抱歉,你的評(píng)論太短了。抱歉,你的評(píng)論太短了。抱歉,你的評(píng)論太短了。抱歉,你的評(píng)論太短了。
  •     Animal is a pioneering series from Reaktion Books. The first of its kind to explore the historical significance and impact on humans of a wide range of animals, each book in the series takes a different animal and examines its role in history around the world. The importance of mythology, religion and science are described as is the history of food, the trade in animals and their products, pets, exhibition, film and photography, and their roles in the artistic and literary imagination.
      
      Written by authors who are passionate about their subjects, these highly accessible, informative and beautifully produced books will appeal to the general reader as well as to those with a specialist interest, and will be of educational value to college students and school children.
      
      目前三聯(lián)出了7本,reaktion books 出了49本。三聯(lián)11年沒(méi)出,擔(dān)心這個(gè)系列就這么草草結(jié)束了。
      三聯(lián)出了: ant, crow,falcon,bear,cat,tiger,peacock.
      待出的有:ape, bee, camel, chicken, cockroach, cow, dog, donkey, duck, eel, elephant, fly, fox, giraffe,hare,horse, kangaroo,lion,lobster,moose,mosquito,otter,owl,oyster,parrot,penguin,pig,pigeon,rat,rhinoceros,salmon,shark, snail, snake, sparrow,spider,swan, torotise, trout, vulture,whale,wolf.
  •   'Reaktion's wonderfully idiosyncratic Animal series' – New York Times
    'The lion and the camel are the 34th and 35th in Reaktion's series of superb little books about animals, joining the bear, the fly, the fox, the moose, the tortoise and the rest of the crowd gathering on my shelves. These small volumes definitely don't pretend to be authoritative – they're too short, too idiosyncratic and too much fun – but the series provides a perfect introduction to an increasing number of animals and I hope it continues for a very long time.' – Josh Lacey, The Guardian
    'Reaktion's wonderful series of little paperbacks about animals, which now stretches all the way from Ant to Whale. The books are compact and neatly designed, and the tone is always passionate and personal . . . packed with trivial facts, amusing insights and lovely pictures. ' – The Guardian
    'A bold and fascinating series from Reaktion . . . all are full of gorgeous graphics . . . all these books give a strong sense of the depth and complexity of the emotions we invest in animals' – Independent on Sunday
    'The series . . . calls itself "a new kind of animal history". It is, splendidly, even brilliantly, so. I have nothing but praise for it' – The Spectator
    'Reaktion's Animal series is unfailingly fascinating' – TLS
    'The latest monograph [Rhinoceros] in the winning Animal series – truly natural histories, each title a wide-ranging look at a single creature, replete with splendid illustrations – is perhaps the finest yet. Like its predecessors, this volume alternately informs, delights, moves, and astonishes.' – The Atlantic
    'Each volume [in the Animal series] combines lavish illustration with incisive and often quite witty text . . . passionate and brilliant' – New York Sun
    'a delightfully different series on specific creatures . . . an exhilarating, often astonishing and sometimes moving series of monographs' – Toronto Globe and Mail
    'Part cultural history, part folklore, part history of science and reference books, these works gracefully traverse time, place and disciplinary approaches to explore a single animal's place in human history. Replete with images and written in an accessible style, they are sure to appeal to a range of audiences.' – British Journal for the History of Science
    'The formula – lavishly illustrated pocket-sized books exploring the impact of a great variety of species on human culture in the widest sense – is one which lends itself to a delightfully eclectic range of treatments . . . it is the achievement of Reaktion Books to have created a whole shelf-full of such works, and the continuing success of the series is a heartening confirmation of the good taste of the reading, and book-buying public'
    – International Zoo News
    'One of the great strengths of this series is its breadth and willingness to allow authors to write passionately about animal species not often given any real consideration.' – Anthrozoos
    'The books are arguably some of the most original and accomplished written about animals, and the erudition displayed throughout is impressive.' – Ibis
    'The way in which people and animals interact is the theme underlying a series published by Reaktion Books. The range of the coverage and illustrations, too, is impressive.'
    – Practical Reptile Keeping
    Winner of the British Book Design and Production Awards 2004 Brand/Series Identity category
  •   選擇引進(jìn)這套書(shū)的編輯還真算是獨(dú)具慧眼了,希望能在保證翻譯質(zhì)量的前提下,出全。另外,更喜歡英文版的裝幀,中文版雖然風(fēng)格類似,但總覺(jué)得差點(diǎn)什么。
 

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