Flights of Fancy - Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution >>>> A BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK <<<<

Richard Dawkins

ISBN 10: 1838937854 / ISBN 13: 9781838937850

Verlag: Apollo, UK, 2021

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A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback - no dustjacket (as issued) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY RICHARD DAWKINS & JANA LENZOVA - Pictures available upon request. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009601

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Flights of Fancy - Defying Gravity by Design...

Verlag: Apollo, UK

Erscheinungsdatum: 2021

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Jana Lenzova

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition

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Inhaltsangabe:

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. What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and warmth' The Times

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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Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most eminent writers and thinkers. He is the award-winning author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion and a string of other bestselling science books, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. Dawkins lives in Oxford.