The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg (Hardcover) by Tim Birkhead

from PDCRead

Way back in the 1950's the Egg Marketing Board recommended that we should ‘go to work on an egg'. It was something that the nation took to heart and nowadays we consume over 11 billion hen's eggs in the UK. They are a healthy nutritious food; though in my household most of them end up in cakes… T...

from TeaTimeCoder

Beautifully written. I am grateful nice people like the author exist. I am not an avid fan of guillemots but it appears that is not a prerequisite for enjoying this book.

from emmakendon

One of my favourite writers, Tim Birkhead, and a real treat to have him walk me through an egg. Or rather through several eggs. Peppered with great stories and observations along the way, like goldcrest's legs turning red from incubating and TB's awful disappointment at finding out just how Arabe...

from Ken-Me-Old-Mate

This is about birds eggs, just that, and it is like a peek into another world, one of beauty and wonder. A bit historical, a bit biological and a bit mythical but certainly full of things you didn't know, things that will not only do you no harm to know but will increase your capacity for awe. Th...

from emmakendon

One of my favourite writers, Tim Birkhead, and a real treat to have him walk me through an egg. Or rather through several eggs. Peppered with great stories and observations along the way, like goldcrest's legs turning red from incubating and TB's awful disappointment at finding out just how Arabe...