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Ten Thousand Birds

Ten Thousand Birds

492 kr.

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Produktbeskrivelse

Ten Thousand Birds provides a thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked. This beautifully illustrated book opens in the middle of the nineteenth century when ornithology was a museum-based discipline focused almost exclusively on the anatomy, taxonomy, and classification of dead birds. It describes how in the early 1900s pioneering individuals such as Erwin Stresemann, Ernst Mayr, and Julian Huxley recognized the importance of studying live birds in the field, and how this shift thrust ornithology into the mainstream of the biological sciences. The book tells the stories of eccentrics like Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a pathological liar who stole specimens from museums and quite likely murdered his wife, and describes the breathtaking insights and discoveries of ambitious and influential figures such as David Lack, Niko Tinbergen, Robert MacArthur, and others who through their studies of birds transformed entire fields of biology. Ten Thousand Birds brings this history vividly to life through the work and achievements of those who advanced the field. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and in-depth interviews, this fascinating book reveals how research on birds has contributed more to our understanding of animal biology than the study of just about any other group of organisms.

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Funktioner

Type

Papirbog

Sprogversion

Engelsk

Bogomslagstype

Indbundet

Antal sider

544 Sider

Anbefalet alder

Voksen

Foreslået køn

Ethvert køn

Skrevet af

Jo Wimpenny, Bob Montgomerie

Udgiver

Princeton University Press

Udgivelsesdato

02/2014

Udgivelsesår

2014

International standard bookingnummer (ISBN)

9780691151977

Vægt & størrelser

Bredde

205 mm

Dybde

43 mm

Højde

256 mm

Ten Thousand Birds

492 kr.

492 kr.

På lager

Man., 3 feb. - fre., 7 feb.


Sikker betaling

14 dages åbent køb


Sælges og leveres af

Adlibris