All About Birds
Valerie Chansigaud
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Description for All About Birds
Hardback. Colorful, musical, graceful, easily observed - birds have always fascinated amateur and professional naturalists alike. This book tells the story of ornithology from ancient times. Featuring paintings, drawings, photographs, and diagrams, it offers a chronological account of the personalities and milestones that have shaped this science. Num Pages: 240 pages, 250 color illus. BIC Classification: PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 657.
Colorful, musical, graceful, easily observed--birds have always fascinated amateur and professional naturalists alike. This richly illustrated book tells the fascinating story of ornithology from ancient times to the present. Filled throughout with paintings, drawings, photographs, and diagrams, many of them in brilliant color, All about Birds is a fast-paced chronological account of the personalities and milestones that have shaped this most popular of sciences--from Aristotle, Audubon, and Darwin to Peterson and Sibley. These key figures and events are also documented in a unique twenty-page illustrated color timeline at the end of the book. Brief individual chapters cover antiquity, the Middle ... Read more
Colorful, musical, graceful, easily observed--birds have always fascinated amateur and professional naturalists alike. This richly illustrated book tells the fascinating story of ornithology from ancient times to the present. Filled throughout with paintings, drawings, photographs, and diagrams, many of them in brilliant color, All about Birds is a fast-paced chronological account of the personalities and milestones that have shaped this most popular of sciences--from Aristotle, Audubon, and Darwin to Peterson and Sibley. These key figures and events are also documented in a unique twenty-page illustrated color timeline at the end of the book. Brief individual chapters cover antiquity, the Middle ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691145198
SKU
V9780691145198
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Valerie Chansigaud
Valerie Chansigaud holds a PhD in environmental science.
Reviews for All About Birds
"What a treat! In a concise, beautifully illustrated 239 pages, Valerie Chansigaud offers a history lesson on the study of birds. We meet Aristotle, Audubon, Darwin, and many other ornithologists, artists, and photographer who devoted their lives to understanding birds."
Birder's World "Anyone who is more than casually interested in birds will heartily welcome the publication of All About Birds... Following ... Read more
Birder's World "Anyone who is more than casually interested in birds will heartily welcome the publication of All About Birds... Following ... Read more