This book brings together all aspects of aerial life- evolution, technology, religion, nature and imagination- in a celebration of the wonders of flight.
A unique and all-encompassing exploration of flight and the way various species, including humans, have evolved different solutions to the problem of defying gravity.
Flight fascinates us. We thrill to birds, we adore butterflies, we’re baffled by bats and we can hardly believe in pterodactyls. We worship angels and we compare love, religious ecstasy and artistic achievement to flight. We love the idea of flight so much we invented machines that at last allowed us to fly. Many died to make human flight possible.
In How to Fly, bestselling writer Simon Barnes brings together all aspects of aerial life – evolution, technology, mythology, religion, nature and imagination – in a celebration of the wonders of flight.
Sweeping in scope and packed with fresh insights, How to Fly is a book that sets free the eagle within us all.
