Flight Paths [electronic resource] : How the mystery of bird migration was solved
Rebecca Heisman2023
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How and why birds navigate the skies, travelling from continent to continent -
flying thousands of miles across the earth each autumn and spring - has
continually fascinated the human imagination, but only recently have we been
able to fully understand these amazing journeys. How did this revolution come
about? Flight Paths is the never-before-told story of how an eccentric group of
ornithologists, engineers and other pioneering scientists have harnessed nearly
every technological development of the last hundred years to understand bird
migration in detail - from where and when they take off, their flight paths and
behaviours, their destinations and the challenges they face getting there. In
this fascinating and compelling story Rebecca Heisman uncovers the secret
history of an ornithological arms race that not only helped solve the mystery of
bird migration using radar, radioactive isotopes, satellites and the humble
aluminium band but has also given us much needed insight...
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Author:
Rebecca Heisman, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Swift Press, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (463990.0 Bytes)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781800752931
Language:
English
BRN:
427732
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |