Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

Richard Dawkins

Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 February 2022
Pages
304
ISBN
9781838937850

Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.

Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces?

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.

Fascinating and beautifully illustrated, this is a unique collaboration between one of the world’s leading scientists and a talented artist.

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