Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution Journalist Biographies The inner platform rises

The inner platform rises

from old rituals to jokes about the meaning of life

or humanity's best and only defense against unspeakable evil

But in this war-torn city

Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution Journalist Biographies The inner platform risesHave you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight: from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but spectacular bird Argentavis magnificens, from the Wright flyer and the 747, to the Tinkerbella fairyfly and the Peregrine falcon. But he also explores flights of the mind and escaping