The Genius of Birds
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594205213 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jean Baldridge Yates said The Genius of Birds: Intricately Intertwined Observations and Findings by a Dedicated Author. The Genius of Birds, by Jennifer Ackerman is a gamechanger for the way in which the curious reader will think concerning birds. Perhaps you thought birds were cute but not very bright, for example. Get ready to change your mind when you read in chapter one about "007", a . Would be five stars, but The information about bird intelligence revealed in this book is fascinating. The writing is excellent. Five stars.However, two things troubled me about the book. Although some of the scientific experiments surgically performed on birds resulted in their being so impaired. How birds reveal intelligence to be a meaningless word This well-written book starts out being about avian brains. But the subject soon overflows its banks and ends up being about brains in general, ours included. The book chronicles the remarkable amount of research being done into what goes on in brains. It doesn't come to
A contributor to Scientific American, National Geographic, The New York Times, and many other publications, Ackerman is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction, a Bunting Fellowship, and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Her most recent books include Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body; Ah-Choo: The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold; Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity;
They summon witnesses to the death of a peer. They kiss to console one another. They teach their young. They share. This elegant scientific investigation and travelogue weaves personal anecdotes with fascinating science. They alert one another to danger. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. They cultivate social networks. Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. They tease. They deceive and manipulate. They play keep-away and tug-of-war. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. They display a strong sense of fairness. In The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman provides a masterly survey of research in the last two decades that has produced a revolution in our understanding of bird cognition. The Genius of Birds is important not only for what it says about birds, but also about the human ingenuity entailed in unraveling the mysteries of the avian brain. It’s a book that demands a moral consideration of the world.” —Rick Bass, author of The Ninemile Wolves and For A Little While: New and Selected Stories. This is one of those terrific books that makes a scientific topic fun without dumbing it down.”—Washington Independent Review of Books“I love birds; always have. It is at once a book of knowledge but also a work of wonder and an affirmation of th