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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thor Hanson |
| ISBN: | 9780465020133 0465020135 9780465023462 0465023460 9780465028788 0465028780 |
| OCLC Number: | 657595624 |
| Description: | xvi, 336 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | A natural miracle -- The Rosetta Stone -- Heat shields, gliders, and insect scoops -- The Yixian Formation -- How to catch a muttonbird -- Keeping warm -- Staying cool -- Ground-up or tree-down? -- A feathered hammer -- The perfect airfoil -- The birds of paradise -- A feather in her cap -- Give us those nice bright colors -- Of murres and muddlers -- The mighty Penna -- The featherless head -- A debt of wonder -- An illustrated guide to feathers -- Feathers and conservation. |
| Responsibility: | Thor Hanson. |
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Robert Michael Pyle, author of "Wintergreen" and "Mariposa Road"""Feathers" is simply a splendid book! Even for one biased toward butterfly scales, their closest competitors in the animal raiment line, feathers in all their glory can only be seen as astonishing. With elegance and wit, Thor Hanson captures not only their awesome esthetics, but also the astonishing evolution, historical and cultural impact, and sheer wonder of avian plumage. Rendered in exquisite detail with delicate touch, like a feather-painting of old, this is the best kind of natural history--quilled by a real field biologist who is also a fine writer."""Bernd Heinrich, Emeritus Professor of Biology, University of Vermont; author of" Winter World" and "Mind of the Raven""Feathers are truly remarkable. In this book Hanson shows how they are the key to many of the most fascinating and diverse aspects of bird biology, how they have affected our understanding of evolution, and how they have and are enriching our everyday lives. This is science written in clear and entertaining prose; a great read." Frank B. Gill, author of "Ornithology""Thor Hanson has captured the wonders of feathers in gripping prose that will likely change forever how you look at birds and their colorful adornments. This is rich and engaging ornithology at its best." Garth Stein, author of "The Art of Racing in the Rain""""If you feel a sudden need to read about dinosaurs, flyfishing, muttonbirds, and showgirls, this is your book! Absolutely fascinating history, and a terrific read, "Feathers" is another Thor Hanson classic!" Peter Matthiessen, National Book Award winning author of "The Snow Leopard"and "Shadow Country""""A fascinating book about the most remarkable--and beautiful--of all avian evolutionary adaptations, with wonderful accounts of ornithological investigations and the solving of biological quandaries and questions, all of it unusually well-written. Highly recommended." "Wall Street Journal Read more...
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