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The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg

Tim Birkhead

Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead uses birds' eggs as wondrous portals into natural history, enlivened by the stories of naturalists and scientists, including Birkhead and his students, whose discoveries have advanced current scientific knowledge of reproduction.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceTopic Classifier: Natural History & Animals -> Nature & EnvironmentAward Category: Royal Society Science Book Prize -> ScienceNatural History & AnimalsScience & DiscoveryEducation & Universities

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Royal Society Science Book PrizeMajor2016ShortlistSecondary source
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