Overview
Represents a real work of art, richly illustrated with aesthetically pleasing images, accompanied by clear and incisive explanatory texts
Introduces the reader to the staggering world of flying: from the botanical air fleet, over flying snakes and fish, to penguins flying underwater and humans rising into the air
Ideally suited for both scientists and the educated public and generally for anyone who is interested in nature
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
Mathematician and passionate animal photographer Georg Glaser has joined forces with the experienced evolutionary biologist Hannes Paulus and the exercise physiologist and flight biophysicist Werner Nachtigall in order to approach this topic with words and pictures in a way that is both generally comprehensible and scientifically sound.
Double-page by double-page, the book can be read in any order. Cross-references allow to jump easily from one double-page to another. Aside from the detailed introduction to each chapter, the text passages are usually independent from one another, and they discuss crucial moments in the evolutionary process. The double-pages provide additional information on bibliographical references and references to informative websites.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Hannes F. Paulus was, up to his retirement as professor emeritus, Head of the Department of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Vienna. Now he works at the University of Vienna’s Department of Integrative Zoology.
Werner Nachtigall was, up to his retirement as professor emeritus, Head of the Department of Zoology of the University of Saarland. Amongst other things, he has done extensive research on physiology and biomechanics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Evolution of Flight
Authors: Georg Glaeser, Hannes F. Paulus, Werner Nachtigall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57024-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57023-5Published: 28 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86060-2Published: 02 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57024-2Published: 11 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 248
Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 259 illustrations in colour
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Popular Life Sciences, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Zoology, Animal Ecology