Life's Devices The Physical World of Animals and Plants

This entertaining and informative book describes how living things bump up against non-biological reality. "My immodest aim," says the author, "is to change how you view your immediate surroundings." He asks us to wonder about the design of plants and animals around us: why a fis...

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Библиографическая информация
Главный автор:	Vogel, Steven (Автор, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Формат:	Электронная книга
Язык:	English
Публикация:	Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press, [2020]
Предметы:	Biomechanics. Biophysics. Dendraster. Dineutes. Halobates. Halosaccion. Hydra. Luna. Macronema. Metridium. Mimosa. Nereocystis. Pilobolus. Potamodytes. Quetelet. Velcro. abductin;Halosaccion;albumin;airfoils;Antheraea;Argyronetes;Ascaris;axonal transport;bending;Bombyx. capillary. centroid. continuity. creeks. cyclosis. detergent. echinoderms. fabrics. fiberglass. foraminifera. frameworks. gait. jellyfish. kneecap. oak tree. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology. EBSCO eBooks
Online-ссылка:	https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2378121.pdf

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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
1. Constraints and opportunities
2. A variety of variables
3. Size and Shape
4. Dimensions, gradients, and summations
5. Gases and liquids
6. Viscosity and flow
7. Pressure and flow
8. Diffusion versus convection
9. A matter of materials
10. A matter of materials
11. Insinuations about curves
12. Systems of support
13. The mechanics of motility
14. Staying put and getting away
15. Energy and afterthoughts
Appendix 1. Notes on numbers
Appendix 2. Problems and demonstrations
List of symbols
References and index of citations
Subject Index

Life's Devices The Physical World of Animals and Plants

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