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How animals work, (Record no. 519424)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field CR9781139167543
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field UkCbUP
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20200124160250.0
006 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781139167543 (ebook)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780521084178 (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780521096928 (paperback)
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency UkCbUP
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency UkCbUP
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QP31.2
Item number .S37 1972
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 591.1
Edition number 19
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut,
Dates associated with a name 1915-
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title How animals work,
Statement of responsibility, etc by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen.
264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R)
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) Cambridge :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) Cambridge University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1972.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (vi, 114 pages) :
Other physical details digital, PDF file(s).
336 ## - Content Type (R)
Content type term (R) text
Content type code (R) txt
Source (NR) rdacontent
337 ## - Media Type (R)
Media type term (R) computer
Media type code (R) c
Source (NR) rdamedia
338 ## - Carrier Type (R)
Carrier type term (R) online resource
Carrier type code (R) cr
Source (NR) rdacarrier
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc An elegant analysis of how animals work and function. Professor Schmidt-Nielsen's incisive account gives a clear understanding of comparative physiology in relation to body size, form and function, energy supply, and environment. The author is concerned with principles. For example, he explains how difficult it may be to lose heat and water from the respiratory tract. This leads to a consideration of the mechanism of panting as a means of heat loss. The author describes the centuries-old problem of how birds breathe, which now has been solved in his laboratory. He then discusses energy expenditure for swimming, running, and flying, and the effects of activity on heat balance. The ability of mammals to maintain different parts of the body at different temperatures is explained on the basis of counter-current heat exchange; a related mechanism permits the fast-swimming tuna to enjoy some of the advantages of being warm-blooded. The problems raised by being small in size, or large, are considered in detail. It is shown that many physiological variables can be placed on a scale which permits the derivation of non-dimensional numbers to describe the interrelations between different parameters. This interesting and stimulating account was written primarily for students, but since it brings together and synthesizes much new and up-to-date information it will interest all biologists and physiologists.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physiology.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Print version:
International Standard Book Number 9780521084178
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139167543">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139167543</a>

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