Nature's Flyers
Subtitle: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight
Contributors: Steven Vogel (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 13, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780801880599
Subjects: Animal physiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science / Biology; Science / General
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.