Book Review: An adventurous life of Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, described by himself

Book Review: An adventurous life of Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, described by himself

It is difficult to review the book one is editing. One sees the flaws, having already received comments from colleagues, zoologists and historians of science. But V.I. Motschulsky is such a compelling yet little-known personality that we find it our duty to review the book even though one of us is its editor. Among entomologists, rumors abound that Motschulsky, an outstanding specialist in inse...

The myriapodological legacy of Victor Ivanovich Motschoulsky (1810–1871)

The little that remains of Motschoulsky's myriapodological legacy in the collection of Moscow's Zoological Museum proves to be of very limited value. Only one species of Diplopoda described by Motschoulsky, the Caucasian Hirudisoma roseum (Victor, 1839), is still in use, yet requiring a neotype designation, whereas the remaining few myriapod names he proposed are either nomina dubia or nomina n...

Book Review: Man's Search for Meaning (Victor Frankl)

Humans in suffering tend to feel hopeless with a deep sense of failure. MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING (Frankl, 1984) is a helpful book during such times: it is highly probable that one would find a solution to their depressed feelings, if the book is read actively. Written by Austrian neurologist-psychiatrist and a Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl, this book is simple yet intense and reflective. Fra...

Photographical Orientalism An Introduction and review of Oriental Camera; a book by Ali Behdad

Oriental Camera written by Ali Behdad, is an attempt to transcend the structuralist approach to Orientalism, which often interprets local and regional photographs in an ideological pathway and as second-rate editions in the reproduction of the European view, while the author tries to go beyond this reading and interpret the works of local and regional photographers unlike those taken by Europea...

Book Review: Life in the Himalaya: An Ecosystem at Risk