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THE GENIUS OF BIRDS
In THE GENIUS OF BIRDS, Jennifer Ackerman turns the long time assumption of the primitive bird brain on its head. Far more intelligent than we ever imagined, Ackerman delivers a breath of knowledge and revolutionary new research in high lyrical style.
THIS BOOK WILL EXPLORE the new view of birds as sophisticated thinkers, cunning, playful, witty, greedy, cranky, joyful, competitive. It will look at intelligent bird behavior right before our eyes, easily observed in our own surroundings, and bring to it the latest science from lab and field. In a compelling natural narrative with a subtle seasonal flow, it will trace the life cycle of a bird from brainy hatchling born in spring to wizened old bird in winter, probing smart behavior from chick to fledgling to juvenile (with frequent play and delinquency), from young adulthood to sexual maturity to old agelearning to call and sing, playing, feeding, making and using tools, exercising extraordinary memory feats, navigating, migrating, courting, mating, and (for the very successful) growing old. Do birds get smarter over time? Why are some species more eggheaded than others? Why do urban birds have bigger brains? And what does bird intelligence have to say about our own? Written in a lyrical and highly informative style in the spirit of Peter Matthiessenwith lighthearted and entertaining descriptions of birds, their behavior, and their worldthis book will be packed with interesting new science that will appeal to a broad range of readers, including sophisticated bird lovers, nature enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the brain, behavior, or the nature of intelligence. JENNIFER ACKERMAN is an award-winning writer who has written about science and nature for the past 25 years. She is the author of six books, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, National Geographic, Natural History, Nature Conservancy, the National Geographic Great Migrations films, and many other publications and venues. Ackerman's honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction, a year-long fellowship from the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and fellowships from the Tisch College of Tufts University, Brown College of the University of Virginia, and the Delaware State Arts Council.
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Published 2016-04-01 by Penguin Press |