TAKING WING : Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
by Shipman, Pat
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0684849658
- ISBN 13
- 9780684849652
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About This Item
New York: Touchstone (Simon & Schuster), 1999. 336pp., b/white figures and illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly scuffed only. "Did flight originate from the 'ground up' or 'trees down'? Author Pat Shipman traces the age-old human desire to soar above the earth and to understand what has come before us. 'Taking Wing' is science as adventure story, told with all the drama by which scientific understanding unfolds . . . " Contents include: Acks., Prologue, 12 chapters, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 450g.. Second Impression. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009626
- Title
- TAKING WING : Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
- Author
- Shipman, Pat
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- Second Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0684849658
- ISBN 13
- 9780684849652
- Publisher
- Touchstone (Simon & Schuster)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOPTERYX, BIRDS, FLIGHT, EVOLUTION, SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology;
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