The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
Autor Tim Birkheaden Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 mar 2011
For
thousands
of
years
people
have
been
fascinated
by
birds,
and
today
that
fascination
is
still
growing.
In
2007
bird-watching
is
one
of
the
most
popular
pastimes,
not
just
in
Britain,
but
throughout
the
world,
and
the
range
of
interest
runs
from
the
specialist
to
the
beginner.
InThe
Wisdom
of
Birds,Birkhead
takes
the
reader
on
a
journey
that
not
only
tells
us
about
the
extraordinary
lives
of
birds
-
from
conception
and
egg,
through
territory
and
song,
to
migration
and
fully
fledged
breeder
-
but
also
shows
how,
over
centuries,
we
have
overcome
superstition
and
untested
'truths'
to
know
what
we
know,
and
how
recent
some
of
that
knowledge
is.
It
was
only
in
the
nineteenth
century
that
the
ancient
belief
that
swallows
hibernated
under
water
(!)
finally
gave
way
to
general
acceptance
of
the
facts
of
migration.
In
the
same
century
of
dazzling
experimental
science,
even
Darwin
chose
not
to
dwell
on
the
sexual
promiscuity
of
female
birds
to
spare
the
blushes
of
his
daughter,
who
was
helping
to
correct
the
proofs
ofThe
Descent
of
Man.
Conceived
for
a
general
audience,
and
illustrated
throughout
with
more
than
100
exquisitely
beautiful
illustrations,
many
of
them
rarely,
if
ever,
seen
before,The
Wisdom
of
Birdsis
a
book
full
of
stories,
knowledge
and
unexpected
revelations.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780747598220
ISBN-10: 0747598223
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: Colour
Dimensiuni: 178 x 234 x 35 mm
Greutate: 1.16 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0747598223
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: Colour
Dimensiuni: 178 x 234 x 35 mm
Greutate: 1.16 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
More
than
300,000
people
complete
BBC
Radio
4's
Today
Programme
annual
garden
birds
survey
Notă biografică
Tim
Birkhead
is
a
professor
at
the
University
of
Sheffield
where
he
teaches
animal
behaviour
and
the
history
of
science.
He
is
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
of
London
and
his
research
has
taken
him
all
over
the
world
in
the
quest
to
understand
the
lives
of
birds.
He
has
written
forThe
Independent,New
Scientist,BBC
Wildlife.
Among
his
other
books
arePromiscuity,Great
Auk
Islands,The
CambridgeEncyclopaedia
of
Birdswhich
won
the
McColvin
medal
andTheRed
Canarywhich
won
the
Consul
Cremer
Prize.
He
is
married
with
three
children
and
lives
in
Sheffield.
Recenzii
'There
are
plenty
of
writers
who
have
an
understanding
of
natural
science,
and
there
are
plenty
of
scientists
who
try
to
write.
But
there
are
precious
few
with
the
combined
abilities
of
Professor
Tim
Birkhead.
His
instinct
for
the
stories
within
ornithology
and
his
gift
for
making
technical
matters
accessible
and
simple
are
rare
talents
indeed'
'You would have to be bird-brained not to fall for this history of twitchers and naturalists ... Magnificent'
'Wonderful ... [Birkhead] has a historian's grasp of our intellectual past, a storyteller's gift for fine, clear and deceptively simple prose and an instinctive sense of the tales that are worth recounting'
'One of the most entertaining, informative and enthusiastic accounts of the history of ornithology; and of the many different ways in which we have observed, studied and wondered about birds'
'You would have to be bird-brained not to fall for this history of twitchers and naturalists ... Magnificent'
'Wonderful ... [Birkhead] has a historian's grasp of our intellectual past, a storyteller's gift for fine, clear and deceptively simple prose and an instinctive sense of the tales that are worth recounting'
'One of the most entertaining, informative and enthusiastic accounts of the history of ornithology; and of the many different ways in which we have observed, studied and wondered about birds'
Descriere
The
perfect
book
for
birdwatchers
and
armchair
ornithologists
everywhere.