你想飞吗，像鸟一样 – Flights of Fancy by Richard Dawkins

你是否做过这样的梦：像鸟一样在空中飞翔？在梦中，你轻松自如地掠过树梢，翱翔、俯冲、嬉戏和躲闪。电脑游戏和虚拟现实头盔能够提升我们的想象力，引领我们飞入传说中的神秘空间。但那毕竟不是真的。难怪历史上最有智慧的一些人物，比如莱奥纳多·达·芬奇，会渴望加入飞鸟的行列，还致力于设计飞行器帮助自己上天。

这是一本关于飞行的书，从神话中的伊卡洛斯到已经灭绝的、壮观的阿根廷巨鹰，从袋鼯到跳蛛，从莱特飞行器到波音飞机，道金斯描绘出生物为了飞行做出的巨大演化，以及人类为克服地球重力付出的艰辛努力。

The wonder of flight. The science of evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.

Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces?

In Flights of Fancy, Richard Dawkins explains how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. From the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but spectacular bird Argentavis magnificens, from the Wright flyer and the 747, to the Tinkerbella fairyfly and the Peregrine falcon. But it is also about flights of the mind, about escaping the everyday – through science, ideas and imagination.