Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds

by Steven Vogel

Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds offers an eye-opening look into how the characteristics of the physical world drive the designs of animals and plants. These characteristics impose limits but also create remarkable and subtle opportunities for the functional biology of organisms. In particular, Steven Vogel examines the size and scale, and trade-offs among different physical processes. He pays attention to how the forms and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138079
• ISBN13: 9780691138077
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"