| Description |
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Costs and benefits of flight -- The machinery of flying -- Into flight -- Wing strength and flexibility -- Speed, power and flight control -- Forces out of "thin" air -- Galleons of the breeze -- Flight without wings -- Coping with a new challenge |
| Summary |
Zoologist Brackenbury (veterinary anatomy, U. of Cambridge) has developed unique photographic techniques for studying insects in free flight, and this stunning volume could easily be the catalog for an art exhibition. While the 100 color photographs are the centerpiece, the accompanying text on the distinctive machinery of insect flight is highly readable and informative, and includes simple instructions on camera technique for amateur photographers and entomologists. Distributed in the US by Sterling. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| Analysis |
Insects Flight |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [190]) and index |
| Subject |
Insects -- Flight -- Pictorial works.
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Insects -- Flight.
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| LC no. |
93106488 |
| ISBN |
0713723017 |
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