Parrot in the Mirror
«One can see why this book was written -- convergent evolution. Illustrations of the ways in which similar challenges lead to similar solutions. And, at this level, I must say it is a pretty entertaining read.»
Michael Ruse, The Quarterly Review of Biology
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198846109
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«One can see why this book was written -- convergent evolution. Illustrations of the ways in which similar challenges lead to similar solutions. And, at this level, I must say it is a pretty entertaining read.»
Michael Ruse, The Quarterly Review of Biology
«Martinho-Truswell reports lots of interesting animal behavior here. Readers will learn a lot about the capabilities of the bird brain and body as well as their own.»
Joanna Burger, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
«A must read for anyone with an interest in bird/human behavior.»
Ian Paulsen, Macquarie University, The Birdbooker Report
«entertaining»
Clive Cookson, Financial Times, Summer Books 2022: Science
«It's a fascinating, indeed almost surreal topic, and the book is full of facts and observations about how birds, and we, have evolved in similarly exceptional ways.»
Gregory Day, Sydney Morning Herald
«Engagingly and entertainingly written, this book places some of the many recent discoveries about bird intelligence into a fascinating human-bird framework.»
Tim Birkhead
«This is a short book written in a refreshingly readable style.[...]The Parrot in the Mirror is clever, fun, and [...] reminds us that wonder exists far beyond our own species.»
Henry Mance, Financial Times
«Having read [The Parrot in the Mirror], you won't look at yourself in the mirror in quite the same way.»
Simon Ings, New Scientist
«I was happy to be learning about birds as birds and not as models for my own species... the basic premise of The Parrot in the Mirror was persuasive.»
Frank Brown Cloud, Public scholar Bloomington, IN