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Mar 7, 2023 · Flights of Fancy. : Richard Dawkins. Bloomsbury USA, Mar 7, 2023 - Science - 304 pages. 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 ...
Jun 29, 2023 · 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.
Nov 4, 2021 · Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution (Hardcover) Published November 4th 2021 by Head of Zeus. Hardcover, 240 pages. more details. Want to Read. Rate this book. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. La fantasía de volar: La apasionante e ingeniosa victoria contra la gravedad (Ariel) (Spanish ...
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Mar 7, 2023 · Chapter 6 Unpowered Flight: Parachuting and Gliding 106. Chapter 7 Powered Flight and How it Works 123. Chapter 8 Powered Flight in Animals 144. Chapter 9 Be Lighter Than Air 173. Chapter 10 Weightlessness 193. Chapter 11 Aerial Plankton 203. Chapter 12 'Wings' for Plants 215. Chapter 13 Differences Between Evolved and Designed Flying Machines 235
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.
- Richard Dawkins
May 3, 2022 · 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 ...
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