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Flights of Fancy by Richard Dawkins — WisdomDeck honest review

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Flights of Fancy

by Richard Dawkins

How animals and humans defy gravity: wings, gliding, ballooning spiders, balloons and rockets, illustrated. Dawkins for all ages.

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Flight evolved many times.
Physics constrains design.
Wonder at wings.

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