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Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
A comprehensive look into the mysteries of avian flight paths from one of the premier authorities on the subject. Rebecca Heisman knows the world of birds and her enthusiasm comes through in her prose, making this both immensely educational and just plain fun to read.
“Illuminating. . . . Flight Paths does what only the best science books do: It adds to our knowledge of the world without diminishing its wonder.”—Wall Street Journal
The captivating, little-known true story of a group of scientists and the methods and technology they developed to uncover the secrets of avian migration.
For the past century, in a compelling chapter of the history of science, scientists and naturalists have been steadily unravelling the secrets of bird migration. How and why b...