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A Vista de Pájaro: La Odisea Global de Las Aves Migratorias / A World on the Wing - by Scott Weidensaul (Paperback)

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  • La emocionante aventura de las aves migratorias y lo que esta revela de nuestro presente y de nuestro futuro.
  • About the Author: SCOTT WEIDENSAUL es uno de los escritores de naturaleza más respetados.
  • 448 Pages
  • Nature, Animals

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La emocionante aventura de las aves migratorias y lo que esta revela de nuestro presente y de nuestro futuro.

«Un apasionante viaje junto a estos nómadas alados y las personas que los estudian. Un espectáculo». The New York Times

La migración de las aves es sin duda uno de los fenómenos más asombrosos y cautivadores que existen en la naturaleza. Hoy conocemos en detalle las proezas fisiológicas que permiten a todo tipo de aves cruzar inmensos océanos y continentes, sobrevolar montañas y mantenerse en vuelo ininterrumpido durante meses. Un libro tanto para especialistas como para observadores de prismáticos y patio trasero, A vista de pájaro pone al alcance de todo el misterio de las migraciones de las aves y por qué es tan importante para entender nuestro lugar en el mundo.

Algunas migratorias adormecen la mitad de su cerebro en el vuelo, alternando los hemisferios, para no detenerse en el camino; un minúsculo colibrí es capaz de cruzar todo el golfo de México en un solo vuelo sin escalas; los zarapitos aprovechan las furiosas tormentas estacionales para impulsarse de Canadá a Brasil, y el correlimos, del tamaño de un gorrión, vuela sin parar de Canadá a Venezuela --el equivalente a correr 126 maratones consecutives-- orientándose gracias al campo magnético de la Tierra mediante una forma de entrelazamiento cuántico que sorprendería al propio Einstein.

Las últimas décadas de investigaciones científicas han dado lugar a una revolución en nuestra comprensión de las pautas migratorias. Scott Weidensaul, finalista del Premio Pulitzer, transmite con pasión todos estos descubrimientos y curiosidades. En un mundo amenazado por los efectos del cambio climático, el relato de estos milagros ecológicos proporciona una guía inestimable hacia un futuro más sostenible. Este libro es un emocionante homenaje a los millones de aves que, pese a los numerosos obstáculos, siguen dirigiéndose con esperanza hacia el lejano horizonte.

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New York Times Bestseller
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year

An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration.

In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations―how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres on an annual basis―is nothing short of extraordinary.

Bird migration entails almost unfathomable endurance, like a sparrow-sized sandpiper that will fly nonstop from Canada to Venezuela―the equivalent of running 126 consecutive marathons without food, water, or rest―avoiding dehydration by "drinking" moisture from its own muscles and organs, while orienting itself using the earth's magnetic field through a form of quantum entanglement that made Einstein queasy. Crossing the Pacific Ocean in nine days of nonstop flight, as some birds do, leaves little time for sleep, but migrants can put half their brains to sleep for a few seconds at a time, alternating sides―and their reaction time actually improves.

These and other revelations convey both the wonder of bird migration and its global sweep, from the mudflats of the Yellow Sea in China to the remote mountains of northeastern India to the dusty hills of southern Cyprus. This breathtaking work of nature writing from Pulitzer Prize finalist Scott Weidensaul also introduces readers to those scientists, researchers, and bird lovers trying to preserve global migratory patterns in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges.

Drawing on his own extensive fieldwork, in A World on the Wing Weidensaul unveils with dazzling prose the miracle of nature taking place over our heads.



About the Author



SCOTT WEIDENSAUL es uno de los escritores de naturaleza más respetados. Es autor de más de treinta libros, incluido Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds, fi nalista del Premio Pulitzer. Codirector del proyecto Owlnet y director del proyecto SNOWstorm, ha recibido numerosos premios, entre ellos el Audubon Award for Environmental Writing, y recientemente ha sido distinguido como miembro de la American Ornithologists' Union. También dicta multitud de conferencias en universidades, museos y festivales ornitológicos.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 5.8 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Animals
Genre: Nature
Number of Pages: 448
Publisher: Debate
Theme: Birds
Format: Paperback
Author: Scott Weidensaul
Language: Spanish
Street Date: August 27, 2024
TCIN: 91478442
UPC: 9788419642592
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-3427
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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