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