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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alexander, R. McNeill (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Edición:Course Book
Temas:
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Best Way to Travel
  • Chapter 2. Muscle, the Motor
  • Chapter 3. Energy Requirements for Locomotion
  • Chapter 4. Consequences of Size Differences
  • Chapter 5. Methods for the Study of Locomotion
  • Chapter 6. Alternative Techniques for Locomotion on Land
  • Chapter 7. Walking, Running, and Hopping
  • Chapter 8. Climbing and Jumping
  • Chapter 9. Crawling and Burrowing
  • Chapter 10. Gliding and Soaring
  • Chapter 11. Hovering
  • Chapter 12. Powered Forward Flight
  • Chapter 13. Moving on the Surface of Water
  • Chapter 14. Swimming with Oars and Hydrofoils
  • Chapter 15. Swimming by Undulation
  • Chapter 16. Swimming by Jet Propulsion
  • Chapter 17. Buoyancy
  • Chapter 18. Aids to Human Locomotion
  • Chapter 19. Epilogue
  • References
  • Index

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