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Renowned Lepidopterist Clive Farrell discussed his passion for butterflies on BBC Breakfast this morning, Friday 17th December. Farrell is the founder of St Albans Butterfly World, the world’s largest butterfly walk-through experience, funding the majority of the £27 million project himself. Through his dedication, he hopes to stem the rapid population decline of British butterflies, having already rescued one species, the Blue Adonis, from the brink of extinction. When completed in 2011, Farrell’s butterfly dome will be home to no less than 10,000 tropical butterflies.

‘Natural World’ on BBC will also be exploring why some butterfly species are in decline, and why they are an object of fascination and enduring appeal not just to conservationists, but to many people worldwide.

For a further insight into the spectacular world of butterflies see Butterflies: Messages from Psyche by Prof. Philip Howse. Beautifully illustrated and written by an author who is a pioneer in his field, Butterflies is sure to delight any nature enthusiast.

Butterflies: Messages from Psyche by Philip Howse received a glowing review from Simon Barnes in The Times on Saturday 11th September. Barnes describes it as “the most visually exciting book of the year”, going on to say “Howse has put together a teasing and brilliant treat; a piece of work that is designed to dazzle and boggle and bewilder; a feast of contradictions.”

Alternatively, you can view the digital version on the Times website

To buy a copy of the book please click here: www.papadakis.net

Philip Howse’s Butterflies: Messages from Psyche received a glowing review from the Independent‘s Michael McCarthy on Friday 9th July. “Very occasionally a book comes along which enables you to see the world in a different way;” McCarthy writes, “and I have just discovered one.”

Alternatively, see the digital version at the Independent‘s website:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/michael-mccarthy-such-intoxicating-displays-of-mimicry-2021954.html

The most recent volume of Current Biology contains an in-depth two page feature on Phillip Howse’s Butterflies: Messages from Psyche.

A new edition of Voyage to the Heart of Matter – a popup book about the science of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), focusing on the ATLAS Experiment – will be launched at the New York Academy of Sciences on 25th May 2010.

We are sad to announce the death of Victor Arwas, the author of more than twenty books for Papadakis Publisher and Academy Editions, who died suddenly on 22^nd February at his home in Park Street.

Wolfgang Stuppy, co-author of Seeds, Fruit and The Bizarre and Incredible World of Plants, will be participating in the prestigious Royal Institution Christmas Lectures this year.

Voyage to the Heart of Matter, the ATLAS Experiment Popup Book was launched with great success at the Royal Institution in London on Monday 9th November.

‘Drawing Parallels – Architecture Observed‘ was launched on Tuesday 6th October at the Papadakis Studio in London.

7000 tonnes of metal, glass, plastic, cables and computer chips leap from the page in 3D pop-up, to tell the story of CERN’s quest to understand the birth of the universe.