How birds fly : the science and art of avian flight
(2024)
By:
Cavanagh, Peter
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
NEW 573.79818/CAVANAGH,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Buffalo, New York ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2024
DESCRIPTION
336 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780228104865, 0228104866 :, 0228104866, 9780228104865
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Why birds fly -- The evolution of bird flight -- Flight equipment -- The aerodynamics of bird flight -- Takeoff and landing -- Gliding and soaring -- Flapping flight -- In-flight maneuvers -- Flight specialists -- Migration -- Losing flight -- Bioinspired flight -- Flight stories
"A study of the physics and evolution of avian flight."--