Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
120
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2013
Publisher
The Writing Reflex
Description
A photographic history of rare bipedal cats and related feline apocrypha from the unplumbed depths of cat science.
Half-cats walk among us.
Erwin Hobbes, a researcher and cat scientist, compiled HALF CAT: A Partial History over years of meticulous study. Sadly, Erwin’s convictions had more legs to stand on than his research did, and evidence for his theories remains incomplete in the wake of his tragic death. This 120-page, full-colour book unifies the fragments of research to which he dedicated his life: a life cut short by a freak cliff-related accident.
From Erwin Hobbes' Manuscript:
"I believe that for as long as there have been cats, there have been half-cats. In the ballet of feline DNA hides the potential for an astonishing mutation, revered by some, toured as spectacle by others. There is no reckoning for the countless specimens drowned at birth for their unexpected, perhaps unsettling, appearance. But what of the few that survived? This book will attempt a retelling of their story—their origins in the shadows of biology and history.
The groundwork for this volume was laid by the great, but doubtlessly troubled, mind of James Alexander, and collected over time by his estate. His work was wrought with speculation and bias, and I will try to separate the good science from the bad. For this reason I call it a partial history."
Half-cats walk among us.
Erwin Hobbes, a researcher and cat scientist, compiled HALF CAT: A Partial History over years of meticulous study. Sadly, Erwin’s convictions had more legs to stand on than his research did, and evidence for his theories remains incomplete in the wake of his tragic death. This 120-page, full-colour book unifies the fragments of research to which he dedicated his life: a life cut short by a freak cliff-related accident.
From Erwin Hobbes' Manuscript:
"I believe that for as long as there have been cats, there have been half-cats. In the ballet of feline DNA hides the potential for an astonishing mutation, revered by some, toured as spectacle by others. There is no reckoning for the countless specimens drowned at birth for their unexpected, perhaps unsettling, appearance. But what of the few that survived? This book will attempt a retelling of their story—their origins in the shadows of biology and history.
The groundwork for this volume was laid by the great, but doubtlessly troubled, mind of James Alexander, and collected over time by his estate. His work was wrought with speculation and bias, and I will try to separate the good science from the bad. For this reason I call it a partial history."
Genres
Science & Technology
History