Engineering animals : how life works /

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From an engineer's perspective, how do specialized adaptations among living things really work? In this book the authors offer a look at animals, including humans, as works of evolutionary engineering, each adapted to a specific manner of survival whether that means spinning webs or flying acro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Denny, Mark, 1953- (Author), McFadzean, Alan, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Physiology.
Animals > Adaptation.
Animal ecophysiology.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Evolution (Biology)
Adaptation, Physiological
Animal Population Groups > physiology
Biological Evolution
Physiology
Physiologie.
Animaux > Adaptation.
Animaux > Écophysiologie.
Adaptation (Physiologie)
Évolution (Biologie)
physiology.
evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Developmental Biology.
Animal ecophysiology
Animals > Adaptation
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Structure and movement. Go with the flow ; Structural engineering : the bare bones ; A moving experience ; A mind of its own ; Built for life ; Simple complexity : emergent behavior
  • Part 2. Remote sensing. A chemical universe ; Sound ideas ; Animal sonar ; Seeing the light ; There and back again : animal navigation ; Talk to the animals.

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