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The Genius Of Birds

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Author : Jennifer Ackerman
Category : Science
Publisher : Penguin
Published : 2016-04-12
ISBN : 9781101980842
Type : PDF & EPUB
Page : 352
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Reviews book: “Lovely, celebratory. For all the belittling of ‘bird brains,’ [Ackerman] shows them to be uniquely impressive machines . . .” —New York Times Book Review “A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence.” —Scientific American An award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowess Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores their newly discovered brilliance and how it came about. As she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds but also delves deeply into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are shifting our view of what it means to be intelligent. At once personal yet scientific, richly informative and beautifully written, The Genius of Birds celebrates the triumphs of these surprising and fiercely intelligent creatures. Ackerman is also the author of Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast.

Le Pr Lude Ou La Croissance De L Esprit D Un Po Te

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Author : William Wordsworth
Category :
Publisher :
Published : 1969
ISBN : OCLC:420274670
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Page : 542
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The Bird Way

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Author : Jennifer Ackerman
Category : Nature
Publisher : Hachette UK
Published : 2020-06-02
ISBN : 9781472152916
Type : PDF & EPUB
Page : 368
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Reviews book: 'Jennifer Ackerman knows what she's talking about...Her knack for catching the personalities of different species in gorgeous, playful prose further collapses comfortable barriers between the human and the birdlike' Daily Telegraph 'The real joy of [this] book is its close attention to some of the specialists of the region... Ackerman is alive to the humour at play in field research ' Mark Cocker, Spectator It's flight and egg and feathers and song. It's the demure plumage of a mountain thornbill and the extravagant tail feathers of an Indian paradise flycatcher, the solo song of a superb lyrebird and the perfectly timed duets of canebrake wrens, an osprey's hurtling dive toward the sea, and a long-legged heron's still, patient eyeing of the dark water. There is no single bird way of being. Drawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, Jennifer Ackerman playfully explores our dramatically shifting understanding of these magnificent animals.

Birds By The Shore

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Author : Jennifer Ackerman
Category : Nature
Publisher : Penguin
Published : 2019-05-07
ISBN : 9780525505921
Type : PDF & EPUB
Page : 224
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Reviews book: From the bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, the revised and reissued edition of her beloved book of essays describing her forays along the Delaware shore For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water, white-sand landscape that draws summer crowds up and down the eastern seaboard. Birds by the Shore is a book about discovering the natural life at the ocean's edge: the habits of shorebirds and seabirds, the movement of sand and water, the wealth of creatures that survive amid storm and surf. Against this landscape's rhythms, Ackerman revisits her own history--her mother's death, her father's illness and her hopes to have children of her own. This portrait of life at the ocean's edge will be relished by anyone who has walked a beach at sunset, or watched a hawk hover over a winter marsh, and felt part of the natural world. With a quiet passion and friendly, generous intelligence, it explores the way that landscape shapes our thoughts and perceptions and shows that home ground is often where we feel the deepest response to the planet.

The Genius Of Christianity

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Author : François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand
Category : Art and religion
Publisher :
Published : 1884
ISBN : MINN:319510024071903
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Page : 772
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The Genius Of The Gospel A Homiletical Commentary On The Gospel Of St Matthew Ed By W Webster

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Author : David Thomas
Category :
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Published : 1873
ISBN : OXFORD:600098906
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Page : 624
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The Genius Of Democracy

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Author : A. C. Harness
Category : Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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Published : 1873
ISBN : UCAL:$B310646
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Page : 88
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What An Owl Knows

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Author : Jennifer Ackerman
Category : Nature
Publisher : Penguin
Published : 2023-06-13
ISBN : 9780593298893
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Page : 291
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Reviews book: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination For millennia, owls have captivated and intrigued us. Our fascination with these mysterious birds was first documented more than thirty thousand years ago in the Chauvet Cave paintings in southern France. With their forward gaze and quiet flight, owls are often a symbol of wisdom, knowledge, and foresight. But what does an owl really know? And what do we really know about owls? Though our fascination goes back centuries, scientists have only recently begun to understand in deep detail the complex nature of these extraordinary birds. Some two hundred sixty species of owls exist today, and they reside on every continent except Antarctica, but they are far more difficult to find and study than other birds because they are cryptic, camouflaged, and mostly active in the dark of night. Jennifer Ackerman illuminates the rich biology and natural history of these birds and reveals remarkable new scientific discoveries about their brains and behavior. She joins scientists in the field and explores how researchers are using modern technology and tools to learn how owls communicate, hunt, court, mate, raise their young, and move about from season to season. We now know that the hoots, squawks, and chitters of owls follow sophisticated and complex rules, allowing them to express not just their needs and desires but their individuality and identity. Owls duet. They migrate. They hoard their prey. Some live in underground burrows; some roost in large groups; some dine on black widows and scorpions. Ackerman brings this research alive with her own personal field observations about owls and dives deep into why these birds beguile us. What an Owl Knows is an awe-inspiring exploration of owls across the globe and through human history, and a spellbinding account of their astonishing hunting skills, communication, and sensory prowess. By providing extraordinary new insights into the science of owls, What an Owl Knows pulls back the curtain on the nature of the world’s most enigmatic group of birds.

The Genius Of Spenser

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Author : William John Courthope
Category :
Publisher :
Published : 1868
ISBN : MINN:31951002415783G
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Page : 112
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The Genius Of Galilee

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Author : Anson Uriel Hancock
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Publisher :
Published : 1891
ISBN : WISC:89099758971
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Page : 526
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