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A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence. -- Scientific American Gloriously provocative and highly entertaining...A masterly survey of research in the last two decades that has produced a revolution in our understanding of bird cognition...It is at once a book of knowledge but also a work of wonder and an affirmation of the astonishing complexity of our world. -- Wall Street Journal

"""A lyrical testimony to the wonders of avian intelligence."" -- ""Scientific American"" ""Gloriously provocative and highly entertaining...A masterly survey of research in the last two decades that has produced a revolution in our understanding of bird cognition...It is at once a book of knowledge but also a work of wonder and an affirmation of the astonishing complexity of our world."" -- ""Wall Street Journal"""

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Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about science, nature, and human biology for almost three decades. Her books include Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body; Ah-Choo: The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold; Chance in the House of Fate: A Natural History of Heredity; and Notes from the Shore. She is a contributor to Scientific American, National Geographic, the New York Times, and many other publications. She is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction, a Bunting Fellowship, and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Margaret Strom, a New York-trained actress, graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and holds both BA and MA degrees in theater, as well as an MS degree in educational administration and supervision. She has narrated more than five hundred books for the Library of Congress, and is the voice of business, private, nonprofit, medical, and government industrials and commercials.

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