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Principles of Animal Locomotion by Robert McNeill Alexander is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Principles of Animal Locomotion about?

<p>How can geckoes walk on the ceiling and basilisk lizards run over water? What are the aerodynamic effects that enable small insects to fly? What are the relative merits of squids' jet-propelled swimming and fishes' tail-powered swimming? Why do horses change gait as they increase speed? What determines our own vertical leap? Recent technical advances have greatly increased researchers' ability to answer these questions with certainty and in detail.</p> <p>This text provides an up-to-date overview of how animals run, walk, jump, crawl, swim, soar, hover, and fly. Excluding only the tiny creatures that use cilia, it covers all animals that power their movements with muscle—from roundworms to whales, clams to elephants, and gnats to albatrosses. The introduction sets out the general rules governing all modes of animal locomotion and considers the performance criteria—such as speed, endurance, and economy—that have shaped their selection. It introduces energetics and optimality as basic principles. The text then tackles each of the major modes by which animals move on land, in water, and through air. It explains the mechanisms involved and the physical and biological forces shaping

Author

Robert McNeill Alexander

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400849512

Subjects

Science, Medical, Mathematics