Sun, Sep 27
|Online Event
"Feathers - the Evolution of a Natural Miracle" by Thor Hanson - Book Club Selection
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Sep 27, 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM
Online Event
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Book for September 27th discussion: "Feathers - the Evolution of a Natural Miracle" by Thor Hanson
"Thor Hanson's Feathers is a sparkling history...popular natural history at its best."―New Scientist
ABOUT THE BOOK: Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told. In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn through time and place. Applying the research of paleontologists, ornithologists, biologists, engineers, and even art historians, Hanson asks: What are feathers? How did they evolve? What do they mean to us?
Engineers call feathers the most efficient insulating material ever discovered, and they are at the root of biology's most enduring debate. They silence…