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Flights of Fancy

Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

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Flights of Fancy

By: Richard Dawkins
Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
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The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.

Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces?

In Flights of Fancy, Richard Dawkins explains how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. From the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but spectacular bird Argentavis magnificens, from the Wright flyer and the 747, to the Tinkerbella fairyfly and the Peregrine falcon. But it is also about flights of the mind, about escaping the everyday – through science, ideas and imagination.©2021 Richard Dawkins (P)2021 Head of Zeus Biological Sciences Engineering Evolution Evolution & Genetics Science Science & Technology
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Making complex mechanisms easily understandable in a compelling way.
Ruchard Dawkins at his best and without too much of his signature atheism.
Lovely.

Flying high, but not too high

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An excellent bit Dawkins. Excellent narration. Fascinating insight and easily accessible for non scientist like me.

An excellent bit Dawkins

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Dawkins is the eloquent master of science and discovery.
If only our leaders had the courage and imagination to understand the world around them on any meaningful level.

The Master

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Really like Richard Dawkins books and gave read and listened to quite a few, and this is up there as one of his best.

Fascinating, informative and concise. Highly recommend.

Flying high

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RD. does an excellent delivery of this , I am extremely biased with his way of thinking and I think he has so many proper answers for this topic he talks about ,
Hope to listen again ,
Martin T

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