The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Nature’s Music brings together some of the world’s experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors have strived to speak, not only to fellow experts, but also to the general reader. The result is a book of readable science, richly illustrated with recordings and pictures of the sounds of birds. Bird song is much more than just one behaviour of a single, particular group of organisms. It is a model for the study of a wide variety of animal behaviour systems, ecological, evolutionary and neurobiological. Bird song sits at the intersection of breeding, social and cognitive behaviour and ecology. As such interest in this book will extend far beyond the purely ornithological - to behavioural ecologists psychologists and neurobiologists of all kinds. * The scoop on local dialects in birdsong * How birdsongs are used for fighting and flirting * The writers are all international authorities on their subject
This rhyming story coloring book sends many positive messages about music and its place in nature to children of pre-school and elementary-school age. The coloring graphics artistically enhance the text, and provide hours of activity.
Now, while we commonly associate music with humans, nature has its own wide array of musicians, instruments, and songs. Many other creatures generate their own musical sounds, including birds, whales, frogs, crickets, wolves, ...
" From Forbes: “In his latest book, Harnessed, neuroscientist Mark Changizi manages to accomplish the extraordinary: he says something compellingly new about evolution.… Instead of tackling evolution from the usual position and become ...
Steve Erickson's novel Rubicon Beach begins in Los Angeles in a post-earthquake near future, a city of canals where the earth itself makes music and radios are forbidden. Paroled convict Cale tries to make sense of the situation.
When Beethoven wrote his Pastoral Symphony, although he may have portrayed the feelings of humans towards Nature, he never echoed the music of Nature itself—for, after all, the call of one irrepressible cuckoo does not make a rural poem ...
In this book, scientist Philip Callahan shows how "civilized" insanity is turning Ireland away from her naturally harmonious, aesthetically pleasing, sound practices.
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There are cycles of nature that enable these wonders. The poems in this book address some of the wonders of nature: the seasons, weather, flowers, creatures, and beautiful scenes of nature.
WINNER OF THE 2018 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING NATURAL HISTORY WRITING “Both a love song to trees, an exploration of their biology, and a wonderfully philosophical analysis of their role they play in human history and in modern ...
Music in Nature Music is something beautiful for our ears to hear. We can hear music in many ways. Did you know we can hear music in nature? When you go outside, listen carefully. Listen to the sounds of nature. Birds sing and chirp.