How did the larger dinosaurs run? How and why did they fight? The author applies laws of physics, mechanical engineering and aerodynamics to answer these and other questions.
Provides an overview of how animals run, walk, jump, crawl, swim, soar, hover, and fly. This book introduces energetics and optimality as basic principles. It tackles each... Læs mere
This book, originally published in 1988, is about the uses and implications of elastic properties in various aspects of animal biology. After a brief study of the... Læs mere