Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design & Evolution by Richard Dawkins
$39.00
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design & Evolution by Richard Dawkins, illustrated by Jana Lenzová.
A richly illustrated exploration of how living creatures and human beings have overcome gravity, combining evolutionary biology, engineering, natural history and imaginative speculation. Dawkins ranges from insects, birds and bats to gliders, aircraft and spaceflight, while Jana Lenzová’s artwork brings the subject vividly to life.
Bibliographic details:
- Author: Richard Dawkins
- Illustrator: Jana Lenzová
- Publisher: Head of Zeus Ltd
- Imprint: Apollo
- Place of publication: London
- Publication year: 2021
- Edition: First UK edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Pages: 304
- ISBN-13: 9781838937850
- ISBN-10: 1838937854
- Language: English
- Designed by: Jessie Price
- Printed and bound in Spain by Graficas Estella
Condition: Very good used condition. The illustrated boards show light shelf wear and minor rubbing, with small knocks at the corners and spine ends. The binding is firm and the pages are clean and bright.
A handsome, accessible science title with broad appeal to readers interested in evolution, aviation, natural history and the mechanics of flight.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, FIRST EDITIONS, NATURAL HISTORY, NON-FICTION BOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: A001, AVIATION, BOOKS, EVOLUTION, FIRST EDITION, HARDCOVER, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, JANA LENZOVA, NATURAL HISTORY, NON FICTION, POPULAR SCIENCE, RICHARD DAWKINS, SCIENCE
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