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020			_a9781139167826 (ebook)
020			_z9780521266574 (hardback)
020			_z9780521319874 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQL799 _b.S34 1984
082	0	0	_a596 _219
100	1		_aSchmidt-Nielsen, Knut, _d1915- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aScaling, why is animal size so important? / _cKnut Schmidt-Nielsen.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1984.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThis book is about the importance of animal size. We tend to think of animal function in chemical terms and talk of water, salts, proteins, enzymes, oxygen, energy, and so on. We should not forget, however, that physical laws are equally important, for they determine rates of diffusion and heat transfer, transfer of force and momentum, the strength of structures, the dynamics of locomotion, and other aspects of the functioning of animal bodies. Physical laws provide possibilities and opportunities for an organism, yet they also impose constraints, setting limits to what is physically possible. This book aims to give an understanding of these rules because of their profound implications when we deal with animals of widely different size and scale. The reader will find that the book raises many questions. Remarkable and puzzling information makes it read a little like a detective story, but the last chapter, instead of giving the final solution, neither answers all questions nor provides one great unifying principle.
650		0	_aBody size.
650		0	_aMorphology (Animals)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521266574
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139167826
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