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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.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 19, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780691126340 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 384 |
Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 19 mm · 594 g |
Language | English |
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