In A Flight Of Starlings

Author : Giorgio Parisi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780593493168

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In a Flight of Starlings by Giorgio Parisi Pdf

From the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, an enlightening and personal journey into the practice of groundbreaking science “[Giorgio Parisi is] an extraordinary scientist.” —Carlo Rovelli With In a Flight of Starlings, celebrated physicist Giorgio Parisi guides us through his unorthodox yet exhilarating work, starting with investigating the principles of physics by observing the flight of flocks of birds. Studying the movements of these communities, he has realized, proves an illuminating way into understanding complex systems of all kinds—collections of everything from atoms and planets to other animals, such as ourselves. Along the way, he reflects on the lessons he has taken from a life in pursuit of scientific truth: the importance of serendipity to the discovery of new ideas, the surprising kinship between physics and other disciplines, and the value of science to a thriving society. In so doing, he removes the practice of science from the confines of the laboratory and brings it into the real world. Part elegant scientific treatise, part thrilling journey of discovery, In a Flight of Starlings is an invitation to find wonder in the world around us.

Author : Lisa Heathfield
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781541526112

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Flight of a Starling by Lisa Heathfield Pdf

Originally published: London: Electric Monkey, 2017.

Author : Jake Adam York
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780809387175

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A Murmuration of Starlings by Jake Adam York Pdf

A Murmuration of Starlings elegizes the martyrs of the civil rights movement, whose names are inscribed on the stone table of the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. Individually, Jake Adam York’s poems are elegies for individuals; collectively, they consider the violence of a racist culture and the determination to resist that racism. York follows Sun Ra, a Birmingham jazz musician whose response to racial violence was to secede from planet Earth, considers the testimony in the trial of J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmet Till in 1955, and recreates events of Selma, Alabama, in 1965. Throughout the collection, an invasion of starlings imagesthe racial hatred and bloodshed. While the 1950s spawned violence, the movement in the early 1960s transformed the language of brutality and turned the violence against the violent, says York. So, the starlings, first produced by violence, become instruments of resistance. York’s collection responds to and participates inrecent movements to find and punish the perpetrators of the crimes that defined the civil rights movement. A Murmuration of Starlings participates in the search for justice, satisfaction, and closure.

Author : Giorgio Parisi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 180206088X

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In a Flight of Starlings by Giorgio Parisi Pdf

Author : Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316370875

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Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt Pdf

On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet. For three years, the starling lived with Mozart, influencing his work and serving as his companion, distraction, consolation, and muse. Two centuries later, starlings are reviled by even the most compassionate conservationists. A nonnative, invasive species, they invade sensitive habitats, outcompete local birds for nest sites and food, and decimate crops. A seasoned birder and naturalist, Lyanda Lynn Haupt is well versed in the difficult and often strained relationships these birds have with other species and the environment. But after rescuing a baby starling of her own, Haupt found herself enchanted by the same intelligence and playful spirit that had so charmed her favorite composer. In Mozart's Starling, Haupt explores the unlikely and remarkable bond between one of history's most cherished composers and one of earth's most common birds. The intertwined stories of Mozart's beloved pet and Haupt's own starling provide an unexpected window into human-animal friendships, music, the secret world of starlings, and the nature of creative inspiration. A blend of natural history, biography, and memoir, Mozart's Starling is a tour de force that awakens a surprising new awareness of our place in the world.

Author : Susan Vande Griek
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781771389952

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Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel by Susan Vande Griek Pdf

A lyrical celebration of the fascinating ways birds move through the air. This collection of captivating poems celebrates the distinctive movements of twelve birds in flight and the special words associated with those movements, from geese that skein and puffins that wheel, to crows that mob and starlings that murmurate. The evocative language conveys the beauty of these animals and describes how each one makes its own unmistakable way in the world. An informational sidebar complements each poem, describing the reasons behind the bird’s unique way of flying. Children will be captivated by the magnificence of these birds in flight.

Author : Robin Page,Steve Jenkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547349145

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Animals in Flight by Robin Page,Steve Jenkins Pdf

Wings carry tiny insects, fluttering butterflies, and backyard birds, and they even once propelled some dinosaurs up and through the skies. Find out how, when, and why birds and beasts have taken to the air, and discover how wings work in this informative and brilliantly illustrated book about flight.

Author : Iain Hutchison
Publisher : kea publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 095189580X

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The Flight of the Starling by Iain Hutchison Pdf

Eric Starling shot to fame landing a two-seater bi-plane on a Calais street in darkness. From this inauspicious start he became one of that select breed who pioneered commercial flying in Scotland. This is his story.

Author : Lisa Heathfield
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab (TM)
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781541560420

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Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield Pdf

June's life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one--and a secret one. Not even her dad knows the truth, and she can't find the words to tell anyone else. She's trapped like a butterfly in a net. Then June meets Blister, a boy from a large, loving, chaotic family. In him, she finds a glimmer of hope that perhaps she can find a way to fly far, far away. Because she deserves her freedom. Doesn't she?

Author : sturnus vulgaris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0983163332

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{ Untitled: Under the Auspices } by sturnus vulgaris Pdf

Poetry. Art. Photography. { UNTITLED: UNDER THE AUSPICES } is a book of auguring, or divination codex, where birds are the words, in particular the common starling (with a few cameos by seagulls and crows). The sequenced set of flight patterns, or murmurations, were captured over the course of the past few years in the skies over Rome, where the starlings winter in the months of October and November. In the ancient Greek, Egyptian and Roman empires, the will of the gods was determined by "taking the auspices," or interpreting the flight patterns of birds. In fact, Romulus and Remus, the infamous twin brothers raised by a she-wolf, were both augurs. To settle a dispute about where the city of Rome should be founded (Romulus preferred the Palatine hill and Remus preferred the Aventine), they both took auspices and Romulus "won," hence Rome is named for him. The murmurating cross-sections in this book were captured mostly from the loser's Aventine perspective and from along the banks of the Tiber, where Remus and Romulus were born. To preserve the integrity of interpretation, for those "reading" the book, no words or characters were used in the compiling and editing of the birds, only punctuation and numbers. The book itself also contains no title or author, though they are referenced here to meet the metadata demands of this modern world.

Author : Ivan Maggini,Lucy Alice Hawkes,Arne Hegemann,Matthew Jason Noakes
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832502761

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Ecophysiological Adaptations Associated With Animal Migration by Ivan Maggini,Lucy Alice Hawkes,Arne Hegemann,Matthew Jason Noakes Pdf

Author : Isabel Strychacz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781534481114

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Starling by Isabel Strychacz Pdf

Darling is a small isolated town, made up of small-town people who have small-town kids who rarely leave; it is the last place anyone would expect to find a visitor from another world, but that is what Starling Rust claims to be, and the town-folk, led by their corrupt mayor, are terrified--the Wilding sisters, Delta and Bee, are determined to protect Starling from the town's escalating xenophobia but the growing feelings between Starling and Delta may prove to be the greatest threat of all.

Author : Sara Cassidy
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773060392

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Helen’s Birds by Sara Cassidy Pdf

From Sara Cassidy, acclaimed author of A Boy Named Queen, comes a stunning wordless graphic novel about friendship, loss and hope. For as long as Saanvi can remember, she has been friends with her elderly neighbor Helen. They play cards and garden together and, especially, care for the wild birds that visit Helen’s yard. When Helen dies suddenly, a “For Sale” sign goes up, and movers arrive, emptying the house of its furniture and stripping the yard of its birdfeeders. The sparrows and hummingbirds disappear. Soon a bulldozer tears down Helen’s house. All winter, Saanvi walks numbly past the property as developers begin to build condos. Then one spring day, amid the dust and turmoil of construction, she finds a weathered playing card wedged between two rocks. She holds it to her chest, and finally sobs. After a tearful night, Saanvi wakes inspired. She slathers peanut butter on pinecones to hang from tree branches, hammers together a birdhouse from scrap wood and drags a kitchen stool outside to hold a bowl of water. Finally, she retrieves a nest that has been unraveling on Helen’s old property and places it in a tree in her own yard. Saanvi’s yard soon fills with Helen’s birds. They have a home again. This beautifully illustrated, wordless graphic novel shows Saanvi’s journey through close friendship, then hollowing loss and change, until she finally finds hope. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Author : Garth Stein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780857205780

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A Sudden Light by Garth Stein Pdf

From the author of the million-copy bestselling The Art of Racing in the Raincomes the breathtaking and long-awaited new novel. This novel centres on four generations of a once terribly wealthy and influential timber family who have fallen from grace; a mysterious yet majestic mansion, crumbling slowy into the bluff overlooking Puget Sound in Seattle; a love affair so powerful it reaches across the planes of existence; and a young man who simply wants his parents to once again experience the moment they fell in love, hoping that if can feel that emotion again, maybe they won't get divorced after all.

Author : Michael N. Kalafatas
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611688153

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Bird Strike by Michael N. Kalafatas Pdf

On a warm and golden afternoon, October 4, 1960, a Lockheed Electra jet turboprop carrying 72 souls took off from Logan Airport. Seconds later, the plane slammed into a flock of 10,000 starlings, and abruptly plummeted into Winthrop Harbor. The collision took 62 lives and gave rise to the largest rescue mobilization in Boston's history, which included civilians in addition to police, firefighters, skindivers, and Navy and Coast Guard air-sea rescue teams. Largely because of the quick action and good seamanship of Winthrop citizens, many of them boys in small boats, ten passengers survived what the Civil Aeronautics Board termed "a non-survivable crash." Using firsthand interviews with survivors of the crash, rescuers, divers, aeronautics experts, and ornithologists, as well as a wide range of primary source material, Kalafatas foregrounds the story of the crash and its aftermath to anchor a broader inquiry into developments in the aeronautics industry, the increase in the number of big birds in the skies of North America, and the increasing danger of "bird strikes." Along the way he looks into interesting historical sidelights such as the creation of Logan Airport, the transformation of Boston's industrial base to new technologies, and the nature of journalistic investigations in the early 1960s. The book is a rare instance when an author can simultaneously write about a fascinating historical event and a clear and present danger today. Kalafatas calls for and itemizes solutions that protect both birds and the traveling public.