Nature's flyers : birds, insects, and the biomechanics of flight / David E. Alexander ; foreword by Steven Vogel.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xix, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0801867568
- 9780801867569
- 573.798
- QP310.F5 A54 2002
Contents:
Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How wings work -- 3. Gliding and soaring -- 4. Flapping and hovering -- 5. Staying on course and changing direction -- 6. Fueling flight -- 7. Evolving flyers -- 8. Migrating -- 9. Finding the way -- 10. The global impact of animal flight -- 11. Have the birds and bees taught us anything useful?.
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 573.798 ALE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A287293B |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-346) and index.
Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How wings work -- 3. Gliding and soaring -- 4. Flapping and hovering -- 5. Staying on course and changing direction -- 6. Fueling flight -- 7. Evolving flyers -- 8. Migrating -- 9. Finding the way -- 10. The global impact of animal flight -- 11. Have the birds and bees taught us anything useful?.
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