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Unique review of the development and functionality of life
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Zoological Physics 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 food into the organism, motion of materials through the body, motion of limbs and motion of the entire body through water, air, and on land.
These activities are controlled by internal information stored in the genes or generated in the brain and by external information gathered by the senses: predominantly eyes and ears. This book models these life functions with the tools of physics. It is aimed at students of life science, engineering and physics, but will also appeal to other readers with a general interest in animals.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Zoological Physics
Book Subtitle: Quantitative Models of Body Design, Actions, and Physical Limitations of Animals
Authors: Boye K. Ahlborn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36188-X
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-20846-4Published: 20 February 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05877-6Published: 13 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-36188-6Published: 29 September 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 432
Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Zoology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering