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Flights of Fancy

Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

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Flights of Fancy

By: Richard Dawkins
Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
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The wonder of flight. The science of evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.

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?

In Flights of Fancy, Richard Dawkins explains how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. 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 it is also about flights of the mind, about escaping the everyday - through science, ideas and imagination.

©2021 Richard Dawkins (P)2021 Head of Zeus Biological Sciences Evolution Evolution & Genetics Science
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Richard Dawkins does it again, science explained in very simple terms, very easy to understand.
As I have read most of his other books, this one is a little too basic.
But definatly a good over view.
We'll narrated by the great man himself.

At least its true

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Dawkins effectively explains a wide variety of ideas in the simplest terms possible. filled with little asides marvelling at the history of flight and biology a very human picture of the man comes through. if you're unfamiliar with his work it's a great place to start.

Simply explained and full of passion

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