The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.
Do you sometimes dream you can fly like a bird? Gliding effortlessly above the treetops, soaring and swooping, playing and dodging through the third dimens...
The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.
Do you sometimes dream you can fly like a bird? Gliding effortlessly above the treetops, soaring and swooping, playing and dodging through the third dimension. Computer games, virtual reality headsets, and some drugs can lift our imagination and fly us through fabled, magical spaces. But it's not the real thing. 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 Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the Wright Flyer and the 747. But it also means flights of digression into more general ideas and principles that take off from a discussion about actual flight.
Fascinating and elegantly written, this is a unique collaboration between one of the world's leading zoologists and a talented artist, and perfect for enquiring teenage minds.
作者简介
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Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most eminent writers and thinkers, and a major contributor to the public understanding of the science of evolution. The award-winning author of the Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion and a string of other bestselling science books, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature.
Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most eminent writers and thinkers, and a major contributor to the public understanding of the science of evolution. The award-winning author of the Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion and a string of other bestselling science books, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature.
Jana Lenzová born and raised in Bratislava, Slovakia, is an illustrator, translator and interpreter. Her two great passions are languages and drawing. The former led to the latter. After she had been commissioned to translate The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins into Slovak, she began contributing to his books as an illustrator.
A deep journey toward different types of “flying”. The book illustrates that not only birds and some insects can fly, but many species you cannot imagine and their ancestors. It really expands the def...A deep journey toward different types of “flying”. The book illustrates that not only birds and some insects can fly, but many species you cannot imagine and their ancestors. It really expands the definition of fly, which impresses me most. It also answers my childhood questions that why I couldn’t fly with paper wings.(展开)
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1 有用 悖论入侵 2023-12-29 12:12:53 浙江
A deep journey toward different types of “flying”. The book illustrates that not only birds and some insects can fly, but many species you cannot imagine and their ancestors. It really expands the def... A deep journey toward different types of “flying”. The book illustrates that not only birds and some insects can fly, but many species you cannot imagine and their ancestors. It really expands the definition of fly, which impresses me most. It also answers my childhood questions that why I couldn’t fly with paper wings. (展开)
0 有用 optman 2024-01-10 11:53:12 美国
动物界的各种飞行技能展示。我不知道松鼠毛茸茸的大尾巴可以帮助它在树枝之间跳得更远。老鹰在大草原上是在热气旋之间来回盘旋的，类似松鼠在森林里的树木间跳跃。天鹅在湖面上凌波微步助跑起飞，有些海鸟的巢穴附近有类似跑道的空地。蜂皇在交配和觅到新巢后自行咬断翅膀，从此飞行再无必要。工蚁明明有飞行的基因，却选择终生爬行，只因可以更好的团队配合。为了飞行，鸟类的身体几乎都是空，但控制翅膀的龙骨和胸肌却很发达。人... 动物界的各种飞行技能展示。我不知道松鼠毛茸茸的大尾巴可以帮助它在树枝之间跳得更远。老鹰在大草原上是在热气旋之间来回盘旋的，类似松鼠在森林里的树木间跳跃。天鹅在湖面上凌波微步助跑起飞，有些海鸟的巢穴附近有类似跑道的空地。蜂皇在交配和觅到新巢后自行咬断翅膀，从此飞行再无必要。工蚁明明有飞行的基因，却选择终生爬行，只因可以更好的团队配合。为了飞行，鸟类的身体几乎都是空，但控制翅膀的龙骨和胸肌却很发达。人如果要长出天使的翅膀，那个长度会要远超画家的想象。鱼也会飞，听说过飞鱼吗？实际上，鱼在水中游泳也似空气中飞行，依靠鱼鳔控制深度，类似热气球在空中飘。跳蚤可以跳到2cm的高度，相当于人跳到艾菲尔铁塔。植物的种子和花粉可以随风飘荡，飞向远方，寻找新的家园。有朝一日，人类也要离开地球飞向外太空殖民火星。 (展开)
0 有用 椒盐豆豉 2024-09-10 14:47:04 美国
对“飞行”这一形式的解构，从自然的到人造的，从形态的到原理的。虽然看起来跟道金斯的其它大部头比书挺轻快小品，但大概是我对深耕一个垂直领域兴趣寡淡。读到后半部分就丧失了兴趣，本是一个充满着梦想的话题读起来却觉得平平无奇食之无味弃之可惜。