Feathers Hanson Thor
Feathers Hanson Thor As seen on PBS's American Spring Live, one of America's great nature-writers explores the magic and science of feathersFeathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic,…
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Feathers Hanson Thor
As seen on PBS's American Spring Live, one of America's great nature-writers explores the magic and science of feathersFeathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. Yet their story has never been fully told.In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn through time and place. They date back more than 100 million years.
How did they evolve? Applying the research of paleontologists, ornithologists, biologists, engineers, and even art historians, Hanson asks: What are feathers? What do they mean to us?Engineers call feathers the most efficient insulating material ever discovered, and they are at the root of biology's most enduring debate.
They silence the flight of owls and keep penguins dry below the ice. They have decorated queens, jesters, and
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