Engineering animals : how life works /
Denny, Mark,1953-
McFadzean, Alan,1958-
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2011.
From an engineer's perspective, how do specialized adaptations among living things really work? Writing with wit and a richly informed sense of wonder, Denny and Alan offer an expert look at animals--including humans--as works of evolutionary engineering, each exquisitely adapted to a specific manner of survival.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From an engineer's perspective, how do specialized adaptations among living things really work? Writing with wit and a richly informed sense of wonder, Denny and Alan offer an expert look at animals--including humans--as works of evolutionary engineering, each exquisitely adapted to a specific manner of survival.
Physiology.
Animals
Animal ecophysiology.