Flight paths : how a passionate and quirky group of pioneering scientists solved the mystery of bird migration
by Heisman, Rebecca (Author)
Summary
"Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and t... Full description
Summary: |
"Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how a group of migration-obsessed scientists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries engaged nearly every branch of science to understand bird migration--from where and when they take off to their flightpaths and behaviors, their destinations and the challenges they encounter getting there"-- |
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Physical Description: |
267 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780063161146 0063161141 |