How the Chicken Crossed the World: The Story of the Bird that Powers Civilisations

Author:   Andrew Lawler
Publisher:   Duckworth Books
ISBN:  

9780715650691


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   16 June 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Andrew Lawler
Publisher:   Duckworth Books
Imprint:   Duckworth
Weight:   0.309kg
ISBN:  

9780715650691


ISBN 10:   0715650696
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   16 June 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Language:   English

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'Setting the record straight, Lawler's latest tome recasts the chicken as a feathered Swiss Army knife - a bird that has fuelled cultural, economic and scientific growth for several thousand years.' The Guardian 'Lawler's book goes a long way toward restoring chickens to their respected position within human history and our modern world. Both chickens and people will benefit as a result.' Science magazine 'Science journalist Adrian Lawler explores the chicken's multipronged place in human civili--zation in his rip-roaring, erudite Why did the Chicken Cross the World?' Nature magazine


'Science journalist Adrian Lawler explores the chicken's multipronged place in human civilization in his rip-roaring, erudite How the Chicken Crossed the World' * Nature * 'Lawler's book goes a long way toward restoring chickens to their respected position within human history and our modern world. Both chickens and people will benefit as a result.' * Science * 'Setting the record straight, Lawler's latest tome recasts the chicken as a feathered Swiss Army knife - a bird that has fuelled cultural, economic and scientific growth for several thousand years.' * The Guardian *


Setting the record straight, Lawler's latest tome recasts the chicken as a feathered Swiss Army knife - a bird that has fuelled cultural, economic and scientific growth for several thousand years. * The Guardian * Lawler's book goes a long way toward restoring chickens to their respected position within human history and our modern world. Both chickens and people will benefit as a result. * Science * Science journalist Adrian Lawler explores the chicken's multipronged place in human civilization in his rip-roaring, erudite Why did the Chicken Cross the World? * Nature *


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Andrew Lawler is the author of more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles on subjects ranging from asteroids to zebrafish. He is a contributing writer for Science magazine, a contributing editor for Archaeology magazine and has written for National Geographic, Smithsonian, Discover, The New York Times, and several European newspapers. Visit him at andrewlawler.com.

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