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Nature's Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight

Contributor(s): Alexander, David E (Author), Vogel, Steven (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9780801867569

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Pub Date: March 8, 2002

Dewey: 573.798

LCCN: 2001000821

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.17" H x 8.82" L x 6.70" W ( 1.55 lbs) 384 pages

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Description: With somewhat surprising answers, the author then concludes his study by examining the extent to which natural flight has been inspiring or instructive for the architects of human flight--airplane designers and engineers.

Brief description: David E. Alexander is an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Kansas.

Review Quotes: Scientifically accurate, up-to-date, and highly accessible, Nature's Flyers will interest not only amateur and professional ornithologists, ecologists, evolutionary biologists, physiologists, and engineers, but also anyone who is curious about the effects of flight on the evolution and diversity of the natural world.
--Biology Digest

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