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Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution,Rich
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A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
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- Title
- Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
- ISBN
- 9781838937850
About this product
Product Information
Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight. A book for ages 8-80 about flying - from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the British Airways pilots of today. The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. Do you sometimes dream you can fly like a bird? Gliding effortlessly above the treetops, soaring and swooping, playing and dodging through the third dimension. Computer games, virtual reality headsets, and some drugs can lift our imagination and fly us through fabled, magical spaces. But it's not the real thing. No wonder some of the past's greatest minds, including Leonardo da Vinci's, have yearned for flying machines and struggled to design them. Flights of Fancy is a book about flying - all the different ways of defying gravity that have been discovered by humans over the centuries and by other animals over the millions of years, from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the Wright Flyer and the 747. But it also means flights of digression into more general ideas and principles that take off from a discussion about actual flight. Fascinating and elegantly written, this is a unique collaboration between one of the world's leading zoologists and a talented artist, and perfect for enquiring teenage minds.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Head of Zeus
ISBN-13
9781838937850
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17049895654
Product Key Features
Book Title
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
Illustrator
Jana Lenzova
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Science, Birds, Biology
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
170mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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