Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World - Second Edition

by Steven Vogel

Book Overview

The classic textbook on comparative biomechanics--revised and expanded

Why do you switch from walking to running at a specific speed? Why do tall trees rarely blow over in high winds? And why does a spore ejected into air at seventy miles per hour travel only a fraction of an inch? Comparative Biomechanics is the first and only textbook that takes a comprehensive look at the mechanical aspects of life--covering animals and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691155666
• ISBN13: 9780691155661
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.1" x 10.1"