The Most Perfect Thing

Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg

by Tim Birkhead

Paperback, 304 pages

English language

Published July 25, 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing.

ISBN:: 978-1-4088-5127-2

(1 review)

Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead uses birds' eggs as wondrous portals into natural history, enlivened by the stories of naturalists and scientists, including Birkhead and his students, whose discoveries have advanced current scientific knowledge of reproduction.

2 editions

Gleb Ebert reviewed The Most Perfect Thing by Tim Birkhead

Short and full of interesting egg facts

4 stars

Good read. The authors does go on a few tangents that could as well have been left out.

Subjects

Ornithology
Biology
Science
Natural History