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Flights of Fancy Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. 'A masterly investigation of all aspects of flight, human and animal... A beautifully produced book that will appeal across age groups'

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Dawkins explained that his book 'Flights of Fancy' was originally intended for children. He enjoyed the illustrations and the fun way it celebrates flight and evolution.

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One that I delighted because not only because I received a book, a copy of it in the mail from your publisher. It was just delightfully done, Flights of Fancy, Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution.

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Episode: Darwin’s Daring Idea with Richard Dawkins

Dawkins explained that his book 'Flights of Fancy' was originally intended for children. He enjoyed the illustrations and the fun way it celebrates flight and evolution.

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One that I delighted because not only because I received a book, a copy of it in the mail from your publisher. It was just delightfully done, Flights of Fancy, Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution.

Beautiful book, illustrated and who is the illustrator of that book?

Jana Lentsova.

She's Slovak.

Well, that was sort of designed for young people. It started out as a children's book.

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The speaker, John, remembers an EFY book from his days as an EFY counselor with Elder David L. Buckner, who now serves as a General Authority Seventy. The book included a chapter about Elder M. Russell Ballard, an Apostle, presiding over a church conference in La Paz, Bolivia, where members had to travel through rivers, resulting in their shoes becoming soaked and worn.

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Well, we have a new General Authority 70 named Elder David L. Buckner. He was an EFY counselor with me back in the day.

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The speaker, John, remembers an EFY book from his days as an EFY counselor with Elder David L. Buckner, who now serves as a General Authority Seventy. The book included a chapter about Elder M. Russell Ballard, an Apostle, presiding over a church conference in La Paz, Bolivia, where members had to travel through rivers, resulting in their shoes becoming soaked and worn.

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Well, we have a new General Authority 70 named Elder David L. Buckner. He was an EFY counselor with me back in the day.

And he tells this wonderful story.

Elder M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was assigned to preside over and speak at a church conference in La Paz, Bolivia.

Elder Ballard, you are one of the Lord's apostles. My brethren and I would do whatever is required to be taught by you.

And you can just imagine how beautiful those soggy, wet, worn-out shoes looked to Elder Ballard.

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