Birds and us: a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation
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| Abstract: | "Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art and philosophy. Looking to the skies above, we have variously worshipped them as gods, hunted them for sustenance, adorned ourselves in their feathers, studied their wings to engineer flight and, more recently, attempted to protect them. In Birds and Us, award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey through this mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to Renaissance experiments on woodpecker anatomy, from Victorian obsessions with egg collecting to the present fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats. Weaving in stories from his own life as a scientist, including far-flung expeditions to wondrous Neolithic caves in Spain and the bustling guillemot colonies of the Faroe Islands, this rich and fascinating book is the culmination of a lifetime's research and unforgettably shows how birds shaped us, and how we have shaped them"--Publisher's description |
| Umfang: | xx, 441 Seiten, 32 ungezählte Blätter Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0241460492 9780241460498 |
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| adam_text | Contents ix List ofIllustrations xiii Ustof Plates xvii Preface I Of Peculiar Interest: Neolithic Birds 2 Inside the Catacombs: The Birds of Ancient Egypt I 20 З Talking Birds: The Beginnings of Science in Greece and Rome 39 4 Manly Pursuits: Hunting and Conspicuous Consumption 65 5 Renaissance Thinking: The Parts of Birds 95 6 The New World of Science: Francis Willughby and John Ray Discover Birds 119 7 Depending on Birds: Inconspicuous Consumption D? 8 The End of God in Birds: Darwin and Ornithology 192 9 A Dangerous Type of Bigamy: Killing Time ІО Watching Birds: And Seeing the Light 223 254 II A Boom in Bird Studies: Behaviour, Evolution and Ecology 278 12 Ghost of the Great Auk: Third Mass Extinction vii 301
CONTENTS Epilogue Eist of Birds Mentioned in the Text Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index viii
Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring * and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art and ■ philosophy. Looking to the skies ■ above, we have variously worshipped them as gods, hunted them for ¡ sustenance, adorned ourselves in į their feathers, studied their wings to engineer flight and, more recently, attempted to protect them. In Birds and Us, one of Britain’s greatest ornithologists and nature writers Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey through this mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to the Renaissance fascination with woodpecker anatomy, from the Victorian obsession with egg collecting to the present fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats. Weaving in stories from his own life as a scientist, including far-flung expeditions to wondrous Neolithic caves in Spain and the bustling guillemot colonies of the Faroe Islands, this rich and fascinating book is the culmination of a lifetime’s research and unforgettably shows how birds shaped us, and how we have shaped them.
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