Zoological Physics

Quantitative Models of Body Design, Actions, and Physical Limitations of Animals

Paperback Engels 2010 9783642058776
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen

Samenvatting

This book presents a physicists 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.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9783642058776
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:432
Uitgever:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Druk:0

Lezersrecensies

Wees de eerste die een lezersrecensie schrijft!

Inhoudsopgave

Life: Information, Matter, and Energy.- Energy and Temperature.- Form and Forces.- Fluids in the Body.- Animals in Motion.- Locomotion.- Waves, the Carriers of Information.- Light, Abundant Information.- Sound.- Body Electronics and Magnetic Senses.- Better Physics: The Trifle of Difference.

Managementboek Top 100

Rubrieken

    Personen

      Trefwoorden

        Zoological Physics