Genius of birds by Jennifer Ackerman.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2017.Description: 340 pISBN:- 9780399563126
- 598 ACK/GEN
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Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Genius of Birds
Chapter 1. From Dodo to crow : Taking the Measure of a Bird Mind
Chapter 2. The Bird Way : The Avian Brain Revisited
Chapter 3. Boffins : Technical Wizardry
Chapter 4. Twitter : Social Savvy
Chapter 5. Four Hundred Tongues : Vocal Virtuosity
Chapter 6. The Bird Artist : Aesthetic Aptitude
Chapter 7. A Mapping Mind : Spatial ( and Temporal) Ingenuity
Chapter 8. Sparrowvile : Adaptive Genius
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index