Flights of Fancy - Richard Dawkins

Flights of Fancy

Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
304 Seiten
2021
Apollo (Verlag)
978-1-83893-785-0 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
Richard Dawkins explores the miracle 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.
Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.

'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully produced book that will appeal across age groups' Alexander McCall Smith

'Dawkins has always been an extraordinarily muscular, persuasive thinker. What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and warmth' The Times

Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight: from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but spectacular bird Argentavis magnificens, from the Wright flyer and the 747, to the Tinkerbella fairyfly and the Peregrine falcon. But he also explores flights of the mind and escaping the everyday – through science, ideas and imagination. Fascinating and beautifully illustrated, this is a unique collaboration between one of the world's leading scientists and a talented artist.

Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most eminent writers and thinkers. He is the award-winning author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion and a string of other bestselling science books, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. Jana Lenzová born and raised in Bratislava, Slovakia, is an illustrator, translator and interpreter. After Jana had been commissioned to translate The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins into Slovak, she began contributing to his books as an illustrator.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 60 integrated col
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher Tiere / Pflanzen / Natur
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
ISBN-10 1-83893-785-4 / 1838937854
ISBN-13 978-1-83893-785-0 / 9781838937850
Zustand Neuware
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