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Can I read The Thing with Feathers : the Surprising Lives of Birds, and What They Reveal About Being Human on EtoBox?
The Thing with Feathers : the Surprising Lives of Birds, and What They Reveal About Being Human by Strycker, Noah is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Thing with Feathers : the Surprising Lives of Birds, and What They Reveal About Being Human about?
An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising worldand deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As scientists come to understand more about the secrets of bird life, they are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself. The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, the lifelong loves of albatross, and other mysteriesrevealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature. Noah Strycker is a birder and naturalist who has traveled the world in pursuit of his flighty subjects. Drawing deep from personal...
Who reads The Thing with Feathers : the Surprising Lives of Birds, and What They Reveal About Being Human?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Strycker, Noah
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781594486357
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- History, Nature, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.09 / 5 (1,021 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14