Vogel Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3386-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Vogel, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Chapter One: Two Ways to Move Material 1

Chapter Two: The Bioballistics of Small Projectiles 18

Chapter Three: Getting Up to Speed 39

Chapter Four: Moving Heat Around 58

Chapter Five: Maintaining Temperature 80

Chapter Six: Gravity and Life in the Air 95

Chapter Seven: Gravity and Life on the Ground 116

Chapter Eight: Gravity and Life in Water 141

Chapter Nine: Making and Maintaining Liquid Water 164

Chapter Ten: Pumping Fluids through Conduits 184

Chapter Eleven: To Twist or Bend When Stressed 209

Chapter Twelve: Keeping Up Upward and Down Downward 232

List of Symbols 259

References and Index of Citations 263

Index 289

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Vogel (1940–2015) was the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biology at Duke University. His many books include Comparative Biomechanics (Princeton) and Cats' Paws and Catapults.