عنوان

Taking wing :

شابک

0684811316

شابک

9780684811314

شماره

b785614

عنوان اصلي

Taking wing :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Archaeopteryx and the evolution of bird flight /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Pat Shipman.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Simon & Schuster,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©1998.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

336 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations, map ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.

متن يادداشت

In 1861, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, a scientist named Hermann von Meyer made an amazing discovery. Hidden in the Bavarian region of Germany was a fossil skeleton so exquisitely preserved that its wings and feathers were as obvious as its reptilian jaws and tail. This transitional creature offered tangible proof of Darwin's theory of evolution. Hailed as First Bird by its champions and dismissed by detractors as just another ancient reptile - or even a grand hoax - Archaeopteryx has remained the subject of heated debates in the scientific community for nearly 140 years. In Taking Wing, Pat Shipman offers a compelling account of how scientific thinking about the mysteries of flight developed up to the present day. Flight, it seems, evolved three times - in birds, bats, and pterosaurs. Shipman's story unfolds twice - through the braided tales of the evolutionary record and the scientists who have so painstakingly pieced it together.

عنوان

Taking wing.

موضوع مستند نشده

Archaeopteryx.

موضوع مستند نشده

Birds-- Flight.

موضوع مستند نشده

Flight, Animal.

موضوع مستند نشده

Archaeopteryx.

موضوع مستند نشده

Archaeopteryx.

موضوع مستند نشده

Birds-- Flight.

موضوع مستند نشده

Birds-- Flight.

موضوع مستند نشده

Birds, Fossil.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

شماره رده

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Shipman, Pat,1949-

تاريخ عمليات

20201206232940.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y