Bio-mechanisms of Swimming and Flying
Subtitle: Fluid Dynamics, Biomimetic Robots, and Sports Science
Contributors: Naomi Kato (Editor); Shinji Kamimura (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9784431733799
Subjects: Animal behaviour; Bioinformatics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Biophysics; Biofluid dynamics; Biomechanics; Biomimetic robot; Computers / Bioinformatics; Locomotion; Science
First sentence: Many textbooks about microbiology mention that in the 17th century, Antony van Leeuwenhoek observed microorganisms for the first time with his single-lensed microscope.