"This work is a remarkable accomplishment, something never before even attempted.... Especially noteworthy are the remarkable way it combines biomechanical with ecological and evolutionary thinking and the extent to which it brings in non-English literatureB. It will have a long and useful life."--Steven Vogel, Duke University, author of "Life in Moving Fluids: The Physical Biology of Flow" and "Life's Devices: The Physical World of Animals and Plants""This is an excellent book, without any serious competitors.... Particularly impressive is the range of Robert Dudley's knowledge and understanding of the many aspects and of the literature of this fascinating, complex subject. He covers physiology, functional morphology, paleontology, aerodynamics, behaviour and ecology with almost equal confidence and authority ... and the book excels as a synthesis of all these fields, and as a unique source of information on the subject as a whole."--Robin Wootton, University of Exeter"Robert Dudley provides a thorough review and synthesis of the literature on insect flight. The book is timely in several respects.... It will serve as an excellent example of how the fields of biomechanics and evolution can be productively and rigorously combined."--Mark Denny, Stanford University, author of "Air and Water: The Biology and Physics of Life's Media" and "Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment."
