Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Dreams of Flying 3
Chapter 2 What is Flight Good for? 12
Chapter 3 If Flying is so Great, Why do Some Animals Lose Their Wings? 47
Chapter 4 Flying is Easy if You Are Small 72
Chaster 5 If You Must Be Large and Fly, Increase Your Surface Area Out of Proportion 89
Chapter 6 Unpowered Flight: Parachuting and Gliding 106
Chapter 7 Powered Flight and How it Works 123
Chapter 8 Powered Flight in Animals 144
Chapter 9 Be Lighter Than Air 173
Chapter 10 Weightlessness 193
Chapter 11 Aerial Plankton 203
Chapter 12 'Wings' for Plants 215
Chapter 13 Differences Between Evolved and Designed Flying Machines 235
Chapter 14 What is the Use of Half a Wing? 251
Chapter 15 The Outward Urge: Beyond Flying 273
About the Author & Illustrator 284
Acknowledgements 286
Picture Credits 287
Index 288