Life's Devices: The Physical World of Animals and Plants (Record no. 296062)
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fixed length control field | 01157nam a22001457a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9788173713569 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 571.4 VOG-L .PS |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Steven Vogel |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Life's Devices: The Physical World of Animals and Plants |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University Press |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 367p. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Have you ever wondered about the design of plants and animals around us; why a fish swims more rapidly than a duck can paddle, why healthy trees more commonly uproot than break, how a shark manages with such a filmsy skeleton, or how a mouse can easily survive a fall onto any surface from any height. This entertaining and informative book describes how living things bump up against nonbiological reality; it aims to change how you view your immediate surroundings. It will not only fascinate the general reader but will also serve as an introductory survey of biomechanics. Life's Devices includes examples from every major group of animals and plants, with references to recent work, with illustrative problems, and with suggestions of experiments that need only common household materials. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Evolutie. Fylogenie. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 18/12/2015 | 571.4 VOG-L .PS | DCB1906 | 18/12/2015 | 19/07/2019 | Book |