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The hardback edition of this was the first book on insect flight since J W S Pringle's classic Insect Flight was published in 1957. Much has been written since on applied and ecological aspects of flight, but the question of the origin of wings and flight, their structural concomitants, and the related aerodynamical issues have been confined largely to armchair speculation in a scattered literature. This book is written by a leading authority on insect flight, and for the first time draws a coherent, empirically based picture of how insect flight may have evolved. Following excellent reviews the book is now being made available in paperback.

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Author:   Andrei K. Brodsky (Professor, Department of Entomology, Professor, Department of Entomology, St Petersburg University, Russia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.549kg
ISBN:  

9780198500896

ISBN 10:   0198500890
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   14 November 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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<br> There is much fertile ground for investigation for which this work is a milestone. The Glasgow Naturalist<br> It is a remarkable work, quite outstanding in its scope and breadth of vision . . . . The work is a stimulating presentation of the opinions and conclusions, based on a solid body of research, of an exceptionally well-informed, innovative entomologist. --Trends in Ecology and Evolution<br>

From reviews of the hardback: The general account of flight occupies a third of the book, and will be widely useful ... but for the anatomy, mechanisms and evolution of insect flight it has no rivals. Nature The Evolution of Insect Flight has been well worth waiting for. It is a remarkable work, quite outstanding in its scope and breadth of vision ... what has surprised and delighted me is the magnificent functional treatment of the morphology of the flight system as a whole. Trends in Ecology and Evolution

There is much fertile ground for investigation for which this work is a milestone. The Glasgow Naturalist It is a remarkable work, quite outstanding in its scope and breadth of vision . . . . The work is a stimulating presentation of the opinions and conclusions, based on a solid body of research, of an exceptionally well-informed, innovative entomologist. --Trends in Ecology and Evolution

There is much fertile ground for investigation for which this work is a milestone. The Glasgow Naturalist<br> It is a remarkable work, quite outstanding in its scope and breadth of vision . . . . The work is a stimulating presentation of the opinions and conclusions, based on a solid body of research, of an exceptionally well-informed, innovative entomologist. --Trends in Ecology and Evolution<br>

<br> There is much fertile ground for investigation for which this work is a milestone. The Glasgow Naturalist<p><br> It is a remarkable work, quite outstanding in its scope and breadth of vision . . . . The work is a stimulating presentation of the opinions and conclusions, based on a solid body of research, of an exceptionally well-informed, innovative entomologist. --Trends in Ecology and Evolution<p><br>

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