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4 nov 2021 · April 23, 2024. Flights of Fancy was an amazing read that taught me a lot about evolution, animal life, and flight in general. The author's captivating portrayal of different aspects of flight and evolution bring together scientific insights with hooking stories, making complex concepts engaging and easy to understand.
11 nov 2021 · Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution. Kindle Edition. 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.
- Richard Dawkins
3 mag 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.
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- Richard Dawkins
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- Richard Dawkins
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.
No wonder some of the past's greatest minds, including Leonardo da Vinci's, have yearned for flying machines and struggled to design them. 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 ...
- Richard Dawkins
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
