Parikian, Lev

Taking Flight: How Animals Learned to Fly and Transformed Life on Earth

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ISBN 13:
9781783967827
author:
Parikian, Lev
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Elliott & Thompson Limited
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
13 x 20 x 2 centimetres (0.25 kg
Genre:
Science, General, Science,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£10.98

Description

This is the miracle of flight as you've never seen it before: the evolutionary story of life on the wing. A bird flits overhead, a common occurrence repeated hundreds, thousands, millions of times daily by creatures across the world. Yet, it's an extraordinary sight that deserves closer attention.

The evolution of flight has unfolded in diverse ways, with countless variations of flapping, gliding, hovering, and diving. This book takes you on a mesmerising journey through the lives of fourteen flying species, from the first fluttering insect of 300 million years ago to the crested pterosaurs of the Mesozoic Era. You'll encounter the wonders of dragonfly, albatross, pipistrelle, and monarch butterfly, among others, that continue to shape life on Earth.

With infectious enthusiasm, Lev Parikian brings you close to the natural world, combining a wealth of information with a sense of wonder. This is a mind-expanding feat of the imagination that urges you to look up and drink in the spectacle of these gravity-defying marvels.

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