Vampyroteuthis Infernalis: A Treatise, with a Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste Volume 23

by Louis Bec and Vilém Flusser

Book Overview

How far apart are humans from animals-even the "vampire squid from hell"? Playing the scientist/philosopher/provocateur, Vil m Flusser uses this question as a springboard to dive into a literal and a philosophical ocean. "The abyss that separates us" from the vampire squid (or vampire octopus, perhaps, since Vampyroteuthis infernalis inhabits its own phylogenetic order somewhere between the two) "is incomparably smaller than that which separates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816678227
• ISBN13: 9780816678228
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"