The genius of birds / Jennifer Ackerman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ackerman, Jennifer, 1959- (Author)
Other Authors: Burgoyne, John (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Penguin Press, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the genius of birds
  • From dodo to crow : taking the measure of a bird mind
  • The bird way : the avian brain revisited
  • Boffins : technical wizardry
  • Twitter : social savvy
  • Four hundred tongues : vocal virtuosity
  • The bird artist : aesthetic aptitude
  • A mapping mind : spatial (and temporal) ingenuity
  • Sparrowville : adaptive genius.