A Microscopic Look at Our World's Winged Phenomenon's

About this episode

MIT professor Lorna Gibson discusses her book 'Birds Up Close', revealing the hidden wonders of birds.

MIT professor and author, Lorna Gibson, shares details from her fascinating new book, Birds Up Close, which takes us into the hidden wonders of birds.

People in this episode

Host: Claire Wiley

Guest: Lorna Gibson

Topics covered

• birds
• nature
• science
• education
• microscopy

Keywords

• birds
• Lorna Gibson
• MIT
• Birds Up Close
• nature
• science
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MIT

Books & works: Birds Up Close

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