Product Description

This short, non-mathematical discussion of how the physical size of an animal affects its physiological functions can be read profitably by both students and professional scientists. Elegantly written, the book illuminates those physical laws controlling rates of diffusion and heat transfer, transfer of force and momentum, the strength of structures, the dynamics of locomotion, and so on. It shows how these laws have profound implications for animals of widely different size and scale and why the size of living things is of such fundamental importance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156775 in Books
• Published on: 1984-07-27
• Released on: 2008-01-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
"...a must for teachers who like to add thought-provoking material to lectures or class discussions." The Science Teacher