Principles of Animal Design

The Optimization and Symmorphosis Debate

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

Av Switzerland) Weibel, Ewald R. (Universitat Bern, C. Richard Taylor, Liana (Universita degli Studi di Milano) Bolis, Ewald R. Weibel, Liana Bolis

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In this book, eminent biologists discuss whether animals are designed according to the same rules that engineers use in building machines; namely that materials and energy are used economically while achieving a high level of performance. This is controversial because, although there is evidence for this idea, evolution tells us that animals are not 'engineered' but result by natural selection.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum1998-02-28
  • Mått159 x 237 x 23 mm
  • Vikt63 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor336
  • FörlagCambridge University Press
  • ISBN9780521583701

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