Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 680 g
Quantitative Models of Body Design, Actions, and Physical Limitations of Animals
Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 680 g
ISBN: 978-3-642-05877-6
Verlag: Springer
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.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierphysiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
- Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure
Weitere Infos & Material
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.
