The Resource Newton rules biology: a physical approach to biological problems
Newton rules biology: a physical approach to biological problems
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The item Newton rules biology: a physical approach to biological problems represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- This book invites biologists to look at their science from the point of view of Newtonian physics. Because biology occupies that range of scale over which Newton's mechanics can account for physical processes to a level of precision appreciably higher than that to which biologists are accustomed, this is an exercise that can yield new insights and a fuller understanding of biological processes. Writing in a clear, accessible style, the author demonstrates the operation of physical laws at all levels, from cellular structures to entire ecosystems. In fact, although ecology might seem an unpromising field for a mechanical approach, it is here that considerations of such Newtonian concepts as mass and rates of flow are most valuable, yielding new information on the constraints to the dynamics and development of integrated systems, including those that contain human populations
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 111 pages
- Contents
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- Newton still rules
- Gravity, frequency, and the method of dimensions
- Muscles as engines
- Scaling
- Fractal objects
- The functioning of ecosystems
- Ecosystems modified by human activities
- Isbn
- 9780198540212
- Label
- Newton rules biology: a physical approach to biological problems
- Title
- Newton rules biology: a physical approach to biological problems
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book invites biologists to look at their science from the point of view of Newtonian physics. Because biology occupies that range of scale over which Newton's mechanics can account for physical processes to a level of precision appreciably higher than that to which biologists are accustomed, this is an exercise that can yield new insights and a fuller understanding of biological processes. Writing in a clear, accessible style, the author demonstrates the operation of physical laws at all levels, from cellular structures to entire ecosystems. In fact, although ecology might seem an unpromising field for a mechanical approach, it is here that considerations of such Newtonian concepts as mass and rates of flow are most valuable, yielding new information on the constraints to the dynamics and development of integrated systems, including those that contain human populations
- Cataloging source
- UkLiU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pennycuick, C. J.
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QH513
- LC item number
- .P46 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Biomechanics
- Biophysics
- Animal mechanics
- Ecology
- Animals
- Biomechanics
- Biophysics
- Environment
- Label
- Newton rules biology: a physical approach to biological problems
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Newton still rules -- Gravity, frequency, and the method of dimensions -- Muscles as engines -- Scaling -- Fractal objects -- The functioning of ecosystems -- Ecosystems modified by human activities
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 111 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198540212
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Newton rules biology: a physical approach to biological problems
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Newton still rules -- Gravity, frequency, and the method of dimensions -- Muscles as engines -- Scaling -- Fractal objects -- The functioning of ecosystems -- Ecosystems modified by human activities
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- ix, 111 pages
- Isbn
- 9780198540212
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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