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Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: Aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They time frame again more than 100 million years. Yet their account hasn't been fully advised.In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been used to journey, protect, get, and adorn through time and place. Making use of the research of paleontologists, ornithologists, biologists, technical engineers, and even art work historians, Hanson asks: What are feathers? How have they evolve? What do they indicate to us?Designers call feathers the most efficient insulating material ever before discovered, and they are at the main of biology's most long lasting issue. They silence the airfare of owls and keep penguins dry below the ice. They have decorated queens, jesters, and priests. And they have inked documents from the Constitution to the books of Jane Austen.Feathers is a captivating and beautiful exploration of the most enchanting object.
