All about birds
Subtitle: a short illustrated history of ornithology
By: Valérie Chansigaud
Publisher: Princeton University Press; Princeton Univiversity press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780691145198
Subjects: Ornithology; Ornithologists; Biography; History
Other titles: Short illustrated history of ornithology; History of ornithology
Work titles: Histoire de l'ornithologie
Description: This illustrated book tells the story of ornithology from ancient times to the present. Filled with paintings, drawings, photographs, and diagrams, it is a chronological account of the personalities and milestones that have shaped this popular of sciences.
Notes: Translation of: Histoire de l'ornithologie, published by Delachaux et Niestlé, c2007.

Published in 2009 as The history of ornithology by New Holland Publishers, UK.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-212) and index.

In English, translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Antiquity : the first steps in the study of birds; title: The Middle Ages : a long winter for science; title: The Renaissance : the blossoming of science, expeditions and scientific publishing; title: The 17th century : the founding work of John Ray and Francis Willughby; title: The 18th century : the birth of ornithology; title: The 19th century : the golden age for ornithology; title: The 20th century : ornithology transformed.