![]() ![]() Popular science writer Ackerman (Ah-Choo!: The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold) puts paid to the notion of being birdbrained with this survey of the observational and experimental evidence for impressive bird cognition. At once personal yet scientific, richly informative and beautifully written, The Genius of Birds celebrates the triumphs of these surprising and fiercely intelligent creatures.Īckerman is also the author of Birds by the Shore: Observing the Natural Life of the Atlantic Coast. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores their newly discovered brilliance and how it came about.Īs she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds but also delves deeply into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are shifting our view of what it means to be intelligent. ![]() According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. “A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence.” - Scientific AmericanĪn award-winning science writer tours the globe to reveal what makes birds capable of such extraordinary feats of mental prowessīirds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. ![]() For all the belittling of ‘bird brains,’ shows them to be uniquely impressive machines. ![]()
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