"Science Times" Book of Birds

The Best Nature Reporting from the Acclaimed Weekly Section of the "New York Times"

Nicholas Wade (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

1999
The Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-55821-605-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A selection of articles from the famed section of the New York Times assembled into a fast-paced journalistic style contain cutting-edge research on birds

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The fifty best feature articles on birds are gathered in this beautifully illustrated anthology from Science Times, the weekly section of The New York Times. The collection covers a wide range: the evolution of a seventy-five-million-year-old flightless bird, the meddling in-laws of the white-breasted bee-eaters of Kenya, the extramarital flings of the Eurasian great reed warbler, the practice of siblicide among cattle egrets, crows' astonishing tool-making ability, and many more fascinating and illuminating topics."The Science Times Book of Birds" will be a great gift for bird lovers, students, and anyone interested in evolution and natural history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.1999
• Zusatzinfo: Ill.
• Verlagsort: Guilford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 1-55821-605-7 / 1558216057
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55821-605-1 / 9781558216051
• Zustand: Neuware