Nature's Flyers

Nature's Flyers
Author: David E. Alexander
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2004-11-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780801880599


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'Nature's Flyers' is a detailed account of the current scientific understanding of the primary aspects of flight in nature. The author explains the physical basis of flight, drawing upon bats, birds, insects, pterosaurs and even winged seeds.


Nature's Flyers
Language: en
Pages: 390
Authors: David E. Alexander
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-17 - Publisher: JHU Press

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'Nature's Flyers' is a detailed account of the current scientific understanding of the primary aspects of flight in nature. The author explains the physical bas
Nature's Flyers
Language: en
Pages: 394
Authors: David E. Alexander
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-03-08 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2003 David E. Alexander's fascination with the many animals and plants that have harnessed the
Nature's Machines
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: David E. Alexander
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-15 - Publisher: Academic Press

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Nature's Machines: An Introduction to Organismal Biomechanics presents the fundamental principles of biomechanics in a concise, accessible way while maintaining
Biomimetics
Language: en
Pages: 790
Authors: Yoseph Bar-Cohen
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-19 - Publisher: CRC Press

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Mimicking nature - from science fiction to engineering realityHumans have always looked to nature's inventions as a source of inspiration. The observation of fl
On the Wing
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Dr. David E. Alexander
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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"On the Wing is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the evolution of flight in all four groups of powered flyers: insects, pterosaurs, birds, and bat