Exploring Biomechanics by Rmcneill Alexander

Exploring Biomechanics by Rmcneill Alexander

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Examines the entire range of animal movements. Beginning with humans and other complex animals and ending with single-celled organisms, the book describes and illustrates how animals move. It explains the relation between energy costs and the ability to do work and exert force.

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Exploring Biomechanics by Rmcneill Alexander

Examines the entire range of animal movements. Beginning with humans and other complex animals and ending with single-celled organisms, the book describes and illustrates how animals move. It explains the relation between energy costs and the ability to do work and exert force.
R. McNeill Alexander ist Professor emeritus fur Zoologie der Universitat Leeds. Er hat sich vor allem auf dem Gebiet der Biomechanik einen Namen gemacht und zahlreiche Bucher zu diesem Thema verfasst, darunter Dynamics of Dinosaurs, Bones: The Unity of Form and Function, Exploring Biomechanics und Optima for Animals. Er ist Mitglied der Royal Society, Prasident der Society for Experimental Biology und der International Society of Vertebrate Morphologists, Herausgeber der Proceedings of the Royal Society (Biological Sciences), Mitglied der Academia Europaea und auslandisches Ehrenmitglied der American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Alexander hat zahlreiche Auszeichnungen erhalten und ist Ehrendoktor der Universitaten Aberdeen und Wageningen.

Aaron Diskin ist freier Fotograf und lebt in New York. Neben seiner kunstlerischen Tatigkeit macht er Musik mit seinen Bands Lycaon Pictus und Golem.

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ISBN 13 9780716750352
ISBN 10 071675035X
Title Exploring Biomechanics
Author Rmcneill Alexander
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Scientific American Library
Year published 1992-02-15
Number of pages 248
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.