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Principles of Animal Locomotion
R. McNeill Alexander
Principles of Animal Locomotion
R. McNeill Alexander
Provides an overview of how animals run, walk, jump, crawl, swim, soar, hover, and fly. This book introduces energetics and optimality as basic principles. It tackles each of the major modes by which animals move on land, in water, and through air. It explains the mechanisms involved and the physical and biological forces shaping those mechanisms.
384 pages, 6 tables. 105 line illus.
Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
Lançado | 19 de março de 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780691126340 |
Editoras | Princeton University Press |
Páginas | 384 |
Dimensões | 155 × 235 × 19 mm · 594 g |
Idioma | English |
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