Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds 1st Edition by Steven Vogel 9781400833863 1400833868
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ISBN 10: 1400833868
ISBN 13: 9781400833863
Author: Steven Vogel
Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds offers an eye-opening look into how the characteristics of the physical world drive the designs of animals and plants. These characteristics impose limits but also create remarkable and subtle opportunities for the functional biology of organisms. In particular, Steven Vogel examines the size and scale, and trade-offs among different physical processes. He pays attention to how the forms and activities of animals and plants reflect the materials available to nature, and he explores the unique constraints and possibilities provided by fluid flow, structural design, and environmental forces. Each chapter of the book investigates a facet of the physical world, including the drag on small projectiles; the importance of diffusion and convection; the size-dependence of acceleration; the storage, conduction, and dissipation of heat; the relationship among pressure, flow, and choice in biological pumps; and how elongate structures tune their relative twistiness and bendiness. Vogel considers design-determining factors all too commonly ignored, and builds a bridge between the world described by physics books and the reality experienced by all creatures. Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds contains a wealth of accessible information related to functional biology, and requires little more than a basic background in secondary-school science and mathematics. Drawing examples from creatures of land, air, and water, the book demonstrates the many uses of biological diversity and how physical forces impact biological organisms.
Table of contents:
Chapter One: Two Ways to Move Material
Chapter Two: The Bioballistics of Small Projectiles
Chapter Three: Getting Up to Speed
Chapter Four: Moving Heat Around
Chapter Five: Maintaining Temperature
Chapter Six: Gravity and Life in the Air
Chapter Seven: Gravity and Life on the Ground
Chapter Eight: Gravity and Life in Water
Chapter Nine: Making and Maintaining Liquid Water
Chapter Ten: Pumping Fluids through Conduits
Chapter Eleven: To Twist or Bend When Stressed
Chapter Twelve: Keeping Up Upward and Down Downward
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