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Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday Mystery

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Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday Mystery - Rothenberg, David
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The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. David Rothenberg has a unique approach to this fascinating subject, combining the latest scientific research with a deep understanding of musical beauty and form. Can the standard explanations of territoriality or sexual selection account for so many species' astonishing inventiveness and devotion to singing? Whether playing the clarinet with the white-crested laughing thrush in Pittsburgh or jamming in the Australian winter breeding ...

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Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday Mystery 2006, Penguin Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780141020013

Mass-market paperback

Why Birds Sing: One Man's Quest to Solve an Everyday Mystery 2005, Allen Lane, London

ISBN-13: 9780713998290

Hardcover