A Practical Guide to Vertebrate Mechanics

by Christopher McGowan

Book Overview

A thorough understanding of the form, function, and design of animals is essential to any working biologist's knowledge. In the author's view, however, this fast-growing field of study can be made much more exciting and accessible with a hands-on, practical approach. This view is the basis for A Practical Guide to Vertebrate Mechanics. This text can be considered an engineering book for biologists. The emphasis is on vertebrates, and each topic begins...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521571944
• ISBN13: 9780521571944
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"