UID:
almahu_9949199207602882
Format:
XX, 432 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2004.
ISBN:
9783540361886
Content:
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.
Note:
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.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642058776
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540208464
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783662308158
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783662601471
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/3-540-36188-X
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36188-X
