0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Biophysics

Buy Now

Evolutionary Biomechanics - Selection, Phylogeny, and Constraint (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,400
Discovery Miles 14 000
Evolutionary Biomechanics - Selection, Phylogeny, and Constraint (Paperback): Graham Taylor, Adrian Thomas

Evolutionary Biomechanics - Selection, Phylogeny, and Constraint (Paperback)

Graham Taylor, Adrian Thomas

Series: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,400 Discovery Miles 14 000 | Repayment Terms: R131 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

Evolutionary biomechanics is the study of evolution through the analysis of biomechanical systems. Its unique advantage is the precision with which physical constraints and performance can be predicted from first principles. Instead of reviewing the entire breadth of the biomechanical literature, a few key examples are explored in depth as vehicles for discussing fundamental concepts, analytical techniques, and evolutionary theory. Each chapter develops a conceptual theme, developing the underlying theory and techniques required for analyses in evolutionary biomechanics. Examples from terrestrial biomechanics, metabolic scaling, and bird flight are used to analyse how physics constrains the design space that natural selection is free to explore, and how adaptive evolution finds solutions to the trade-offs between multiple complex conflicting performance objectives. Evolutionary Biomechanics is suitable for graduate level students and professional researchers in the fields of biomechanics, physiology, evolutionary biology and palaeontology. It will also be of relevance and use to researchers in the physical sciences and engineering.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
Release date: 2014
First published: March 2014
Authors: Graham Taylor (University Associate Professor in Mathematical Biology) • Adrian Thomas (Professor of Biomechanics)
Dimensions: 233 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-856638-0
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Biophysics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal physiology
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Birds (ornithology)
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-856638-7
Barcode: 9780198566380

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Adult Development and Ageing
Dap Louw, Anet Louw Paperback R448 Discovery Miles 4 480
Sulfurtransferases - Essential Enzymes…
Noriyuki Nagahara Paperback R3,461 Discovery Miles 34 610
Human Biochemistry
Gerald Litwack Hardcover R3,587 Discovery Miles 35 870
Handbook of Hormones - Comparative…
Hironori Ando, Kazuyoshi Ukena, … Paperback R5,129 Discovery Miles 51 290
High-Density Sequencing Applications in…
Agamemnon J. Carpousis Hardcover R4,329 Discovery Miles 43 290
Progress in Molecular Biology and…
David B. Teplow Hardcover R3,710 Discovery Miles 37 100
Protein and Peptide-based Microarrays…
Navid Rabiee, Michael R. Hamblin Paperback R746 Discovery Miles 7 460
Guide to Yeast Genetics and Molecular…
Author Unknown Paperback R3,934 Discovery Miles 39 340
Modern Applications in Membrane Science…
Isabel Escobar, Bart Van der Bruggen Hardcover R5,477 Discovery Miles 54 770
Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume…
Robert K. Poole, David J. Kelly Hardcover R3,882 Discovery Miles 38 820
Advances in Accelerators and Medical…
Toshiyuki Shirai, Teiji Nishio, … Paperback R2,938 Discovery Miles 29 380
Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume…
Robert K. Poole, David J. Kelly Hardcover R3,882 Discovery Miles 38 820

See more

Partners