Tim Birkhead
Author of Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird
About the Author
Tim Birkhead teaches animal behaviour and the history of science at the University of Sheffield. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and the author of several books including The Wisdom of Birds, The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Ornithology, which won the McColvin Medal, and The Red Canary, show more which won the Consul Cremer Prize. He lives in Sheffield, England. Katrina Van Grouw, illustrator, is a full-time artist and writer, and the creator of The Unfeathered Bird. show less
Image credit: Courtesy of Allen and Unwin
Works by Tim Birkhead
A Brand New Bird: How Two Amateur Scientists Created The First Genetically Engineered Animal (1990) 55 copies
The Magpies: The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-billed and Yellow-billed Magpies (T & AD Poyser) (1991) 17 copies
Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby Frs (1635-1672) (Emergence of Natural History) (2016) 5 copies
Segredos do Mundo Animal 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- Birkhead, Tim
- Birthdate
- 1950-02-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
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- Works
- 21
- Members
- 974
- Popularity
- #26,441
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 26
- ISBNs
- 83
- Languages
- 9
I think Birkhead struggled with how to present his protagonist, after finding out midway through researching his project that his main character was a suspected nazi, but I think he managed to be fairly even handed in dealing with the issue.… (more)