Living At Micro Scale - The Unexpected Physics of Being Small

Informationen zum Autor David B. Dusenbery is Professor of Biology, Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology. Klappentext Kermit the Frog famously said that it isn't easy being green. This title shows that it isn't easy being small - existing at the size of! say! a rotifer! a tiny multicellular animal just at the boundary between the visible and the microscopic. Zusammenfassung It isn’t easy being small. Dusenbery uses straightforward physics to demonstrate the constraints on the size, shape, and behavior of tiny organisms. While recounting the historical development of the basic concepts, he unearths a corner of microbiology rich in history, and full of lessons about how science does or does not progress.

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• Authors: David B. Dusenbery, DavidB Dusenbery, Dusenbery David B.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2011
• EAN: 9780674060210
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06021-0
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Microbiology (non-medical), popular science, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, Physics