Animal Locomotion: Physical Principles and Adaptations

by John O Dabiri, Malcolm S. Gordon, Reinhard Blickhan, et al.

Book Overview

Animal Locomotion: Physical Principles and Adaptations is a professional-level, state of the art review and reference summarizing the current understanding of macroscopic metazoan animal movement. The comparative biophysics, biomechanics and bioengineering of swimming, flying and terrestrial locomotion are placed in contemporary frameworks of biodiversity, evolutionary process, and modern research methods, including mathematical analysis. The intended...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367657953
• ISBN13: 9780367657956
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"