Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution (Signed First Edition)

Dawkins, Richard (author); Jana Lenzova (illustrations)

ISBN 10: 1838937854 / ISBN 13: 9781838937850

Published by Apollo, London, 2021

About this Item

Apollo, London, 2021. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very Fine/issued without jacket. A clean tight unread copy. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on the half-title page (their names only).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Apollo, London
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838937854
• ISBN 13: 9781838937850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.

'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully produced book that will appeal across age groups' Alexander McCall Smith

'Dawkins has always been an extraordinarily muscular, persuasive thinker. What feels new here is that he writes with such charm and warmth' The Times

Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight: from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but spectacular bird Argentavis magnificens, from the Wright flyer and the 747, to the Tinkerbella fairyfly and the Peregrine falcon. But he also explores flights of the mind and escaping the everyday – through science, ideas and imagination. Fascinating and beautifully illustrated, this is a unique collaboration between one of the world's leading scientists and a talented artist.

About the Author

Richard Dawkins is one of the world's most eminent writers and thinkers. He is the award-winning author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion and a string of other bestselling science books, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Society of Literature. Dawkins lives in Oxford.