Lev Parikian

Broschiertes Buch

Taking Flight

How Animals Learned to Fly and Transformed Life on Earth

Beschreibung

A celebration of the miraculous phenomenon of flight through fourteen species and across millions of years â from pterosaurs to dragonflies, butterflies to albatross.

Autor

Lev Parikian is a writer, birdwatcher and conductor. He is the author of Into the Tangled Bank, longlisted for the Wainwright Prize, Light Rains Sometimes Fall and Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? He lives in West London with his family, who are getting used to his increasing enthusiasm for nature. As a birdwatcher, his most prized sightings are a golden oriole in the Alpujarras and a black redstart at Dungeness Power Station.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elliott & Thompson Limited
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 128mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9781783967827
• ISBN-10: 178396782X
• Artikelnr.: 68802874