Zoological Physics: Quantitative Models of Body Design, Actions, and Physical Limitations of Animals - Couverture rigide

Ahlborn, Boye K.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3540208461 ISBN 13 : 9783540208464

Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2004

Synopsis

This book presents a physicist's view of life. The primary life functions of animals, such as eating, growing, reproducing and getting around all depend on motion: Motion of materials through the body, motion of limbs and motion of the entire body through water, air and on land. These activities are driven by internal information stored in the genes or in the brain and by external information transmitted by the senses. This book models these life functions with the tools of physics. It will appeal to all scientists, from the undergraduate level upwards, who are interested in the role played by physics in the animal kingdom.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3540208461
• ISBN 13: 9783540208464
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 452
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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