Nature's Flyers
Subtitle: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight
Contributors: Steven Vogel (Foreword)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: January 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780801867569
Subjects: Animal physiology; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Biomechanics; Science; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science / General; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Animal flight; Flight
First sentence: The study of flight begins with watching: a hawk or eagle soaring on motionless wings, a raucous, wheeling mass of seagulls, a line of gliding pelicans skimming effortlessly over ocean waves.