Biography and Akimushkin

All books are written vividly, concisely, contain many curious facts. The main thing in the works of Akimushkin is an amazing feeling with which the author speaks of animals, love, understanding, respect for them, for their life and habits. The books of Igor Akimushkin, well illustrated, with wonderful photographs, are addressed to children of all ages, but his main readers are children of middle school age, and, of course, adults.

The future writer and biologist was born on May 1 of the year in Moscow in a family of an engineer. His childhood from spring to late autumn took place at the country near Moscow. The boy loved to watch butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, birds. He did not know that there were special books - the determinants of animals and plants, so he began to invent the names of the insect.

Then he became interested in birds and their voices, but he walked through the forest with a determinant in his hand. Igor was a member of the circle of young biologists of the Moscow Zoo, where he studied the behavior of dogs and horses. Here he defended the dissertation dedicated to octopuses living in the Pacific Ocean, and received the academic title of candidate of biological sciences.

Igor Akimushkin died in Moscow on January 1 of the year. Igor Ivanovich began to be printed in the year, and in the year he decided to try himself as a popularizer of literature for children and youth. The popularization of scientific knowledge is one of the most difficult sections of literature and at the same time one of the most important tasks of science itself. Then he had two books at once: “Traces of unprecedented animals” and “The path of legends: stories about unicorns and basilisks”, telling how the legends and rumors of almost fabulous and incredible animals turned into the real discoveries of new biological species.

Akimushkin’s books were very popular among readers, thanks to the simple style of presentation, a special manner of narrative. In his works, the writer often turned to foreign sources, thanks to which many facts Russian -speaking readers first learned from his books. Starting from the x, Igor Ivanovich regularly published his works. Books are published: “Entertaining Biology”, telling about research in the field of genetics, cytology, psychiatry, medicine, which struck the author himself; “Where and how?

In parallel with work on popular science books, Igor Ivanovich writes scenarios for scientific and documentary films, as well as books for children: “Once upon a time there was a beaver”, “Who flies without wings? The writer reveals to children the world of animals and teaches to perceive its diversity. The peculiarity of the children's books of Igor Akimushkin is that they shows the animal families: how they are similar to each other and how they differ outwardly, in lifestyle, habits.

The book "Who flies without wings? Who is fed with bird milk? The most famous publication of the author is the six -volume series “Animal World”, dedicated mainly to the features of biology and behavior, as well as interesting facts from the life of “our smaller brothers”: the first and second books talk about mammals; Third - includes stories about birds; The fourth talks about fish, amphibians and reptiles; In the fifth, stories about insects are collected; The sixth book tells about pets.

The first edition of the series came out from for a year.

The books of the series were distinguished by an abundance of photographs and an unusual design at that time. The pages were framed by wide white fields decorated with drawings by A. Blokh and B. The main text was printed in large print, and quotes and additional information - with a font of a smaller register. The second edition of the series was published at the end of the x. In the year, the Publishing House "Thought" released a three -volume edition of the "world of animals".

In the year, a reprint of the “world of animals” in 4 volumes and supplemented by the chapters about the types of invertebrates was used, color photographs were used in the design of the book, and drawn illustrations present in the first edition were excluded. As the author of popular science books, Igor Akimushkin took a worthy place in Russian science and literature.

He managed to find the right words in order not only to interest readers, but also to reveal to them many mysteries of nature. The lifetime publications of I. Akimushkin in the library of Akimushkin, I. Akimushkin, I. Who flies without wings? Literature on the life and work of I. Akimushkin Plotnikov, N. All living on earth: about the work of I. Chauurin, R.