The History Of Ornithology
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A Concise History Of Ornithology
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Author : Michael Walters
language : en
Publisher: Helm
Release Date : 2003
A Concise History Of Ornithology written by Michael Walters and has been published by Helm this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An exploration of the history of ornithology from the earliest times to the present day. The fascinating works and lives of ornithology's pioneering scientists, including such people as Linnaeus, Darwin and Wallace, are considered chronologically, concluding with two chapters on the great advances made in the twentieth century. The issues raised through the pursuit of ornithological knowledge range from evolution to conservation, and taxonomy to genetics. The book is an educational read as well as an entertaining one, and will be of great interest to all birders and naturalists. It will set the agenda for the study of the history of ornithology for the next generation.
The History Of Ornithology
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Author : Valérie Chansigaud
language : en
Publisher: New Holland Australia(AU)
Release Date : 2009
The History Of Ornithology written by Valérie Chansigaud and has been published by New Holland Australia(AU) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Ornithology categories.
Examining the development of ornithology from ancient times until the present day, this title features chapters on ancient times, the middle ages, the renaissance, and each century from 17th until 20th. It is ideal for those interested in modern-day ornithology and its roots in the past."
A Concise History Of Ornithology
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Author : Michael Walters
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
A Concise History Of Ornithology written by Michael Walters and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Science categories.
Who are the pioneering scientists who have contributed to our knowledge about birds? How has the science of ornithology developed over the past centuries? This educational and entertaining book explores the history of ornithology from the earliest times to the present day, vividly describing the ornithologists who have been most influential in their field and the discoveries they have made. (Midwest).
The History Of Ornithology In Virginia
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Author : David W. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2003
The History Of Ornithology In Virginia written by David W. Johnston and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Nature categories.
Host to a large and diverse bird population as well as a long human history, Virginia is arguably the birthplace of ornithology in North America. David W. Johnston's History of Ornithology in Virginia, the result of over a decade of research, is the first book to address this fascinating element of the state's natural history. Tertiary-era fossils show that birds inhabited Virginia as early as 65 million years ago. Their first human observers were the region's many Indian tribes and, later, colonists on Roanoke Island and in Jamestown. Explorers pushing westward contributed further to the development of a conception of birds that was distinctively American. By the 1900s planter-farmers, naturalists, and government employees had amassed bird records from the Barrier Islands and the Dismal Swamp to the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains. The modern era saw the emergence of ornithological organizations and game laws, as well as increasingly advanced studies of bird distribution, migration pathways, and breeding biology. Johnston shows us how ornithology in Virginia evolved from observations of wondrous creatures to a sophisticated science recognizing some 435 avian species. David W. Johnston taught ornithology at the University of Virginia's Mountain Lake Biological Station for nearly two decades and has edited numerous ecological studies as well as the Journal of Field Ornithology and Ornithological Monographs.
The Art Of The Bird
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Author : Roger J. Lederer
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2019-09-25
The Art Of The Bird written by Roger J. Lederer and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-25 with Nature categories.
The human history of depicting birds dates to as many as 40,000 years ago, when Paleolithic artists took to cave walls to capture winged and other beasts. But the art form has reached its peak in the last four hundred years. In The Art of the Bird, devout birder and ornithologist Roger J. Lederer celebrates this heyday of avian illustration in forty artists’ profiles, beginning with the work of Flemish painter Frans Snyders in the early 1600s and continuing through to contemporary artists like Elizabeth Butterworth, famed for her portraits of macaws. Stretching its wings across time, taxa, geography, and artistic style—from the celebrated realism of American conservation icon John James Audubon, to Elizabeth Gould’s nineteenth-century renderings of museum specimens from the Himalayas, to Swedish artist and ornithologist Lars Jonsson’s ethereal watercolors—this book is feathered with art and artists as diverse and beautiful as their subjects. A soaring exploration of our fascination with the avian form, The Art of the Bird is a testament to the ways in which the intense observation inherent in both art and science reveals the mysteries of the natural world.
All About Birds
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Author : Valérie Chansigaud
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
All About Birds written by Valérie Chansigaud and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Ornithologists categories.
This illustrated book tells the story of ornithology from ancient times to the present. Filled with paintings, drawings, photographs, and diagrams, it is a chronological account of the personalities and milestones that have shaped this popular of sciences.
A History Of Ornithology
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Author : Peter Bircham
language : en
Publisher: William Collins
Release Date : 2016-11-03
A History Of Ornithology written by Peter Bircham and has been published by William Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-03 with categories.
The Natural History Of Birds
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Author : Thomas Rymer Jones
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
The Natural History Of Birds written by Thomas Rymer Jones and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Birds categories.
The Wisdom Of Birds
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Author : Tim Birkhead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Wisdom Of Birds written by Tim Birkhead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Science categories.
The prize-winning author of The Red Canarycaptures the enchantment of birds once again for bird-watchers and armchair ornithologists. For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination continues to grow. In 2007 bird-watching was one of the most popular pastimes worldwide, with interest ranging from the specialist to the beginner. Acclaimed for "his expert grasp of the science[and] his capacity to make it not just comprehensible, but fascinating" (New Statesman), Tim Birkheadtransports the reader into the extraordinary lives of birds-from conception and egg, through territory and song, to migration and fully fledged breeder. Along the way he tells enthralling stories of ornithological superstitions and untested "truths" over the centuries. Only in the nineteenth century did the belief that swallows hibernated under water give way to general acceptance of the facts of migration. In the same century, Darwin chose not to dwell on the sexual promiscuity of female birds to spare the blushes of his daughter, who was helping to correct the proofs of The Descent of Man.
The Wisdom Of Birds
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Author : Tim Birkhead
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
Release Date : 2011
The Wisdom Of Birds written by Tim Birkhead and has been published by Bloomsbury UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Birds categories.
For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in Britain, but throughout the world, and the range of interest runs from the specialist to the beginner. In The Wisdom of Birds, Birkhead takes the reader on a journey that not only tells us about the extraordinary lives of birds - from conception and egg, through territory and song, to migration and fully flegded breeder - but also shows how, over centuries, we have overcome superstition and untested 'truths' to know what we know, and how recent some of that knowledge is. It was only in the nineteenth century that the ancient belief that swallows hibernated under water (!) finally gave way to general exxpetance of the facts of migration. In the same century of dazzling experimental science, even Darwin chose not to dwell on the sexual promiscuity of female birds to spare the blushes of his daughter, who was helping to correct the proofs of The Descent of Man. Conceived for a general audience, and illustrated throughout with more than 100 exquisitely beautiful illustrations, many of them rarely, if ever, seen before, The Wisdom of Birds is a book full of stories, knowledge and unexpected revelations. 'One of the most entertaining, informative and enthusiastic accounts of the history of ornithology; and of the many different ways in which we have observed, studied and wondered about birds.'-Daily Telegraph.