The wisdom of birds : an illustrated history of ornithology
Birkhead, T. R.2011
Book
'The Wisdom of Birds' takes the reader on a journey that not only tells us about the lives of birds - from conception and egg, through territory and song, to migration and fully fledged breeder - but also shows how we have overcome superstition and untested 'truths' to establish our current knowledge.
Main title:
The wisdom of birds : an illustrated history of ornithology / Tim Birkhead.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2011.
Collation:
x, 437 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2008.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780747598220 (pbk)
Dewey class:
598
Language:
English
BRN:
71818