Air and Water : : The Biology and Physics of Life's Media /

Air and Water : : The Biology and Physics of Life's Media / / Mark Denny.

Addressing general readers and biologists, Mark Denny shows how the physics of fluids (in this case, air and water) influences the often fantastic ways in which life forms adapt themselves to their terrestrial or aquatic "media."

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Air and Water : The Biology and Physics of Life's Media / Mark Denny.
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Symbols and Subscripts -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Fluid Environment -- Chapter 3. Thoughts at the Beginning: Basic Principles -- Chapter 4. Density: Weight, Pressure, and Fluid Dynamics -- Chapter 5. Viscosity: How Fluid Is the Fluid? -- Chapter 6. Diffusion: Random Walks in Air and Water -- Chapter 7. Density and Viscosity Together: The Many Guises of Reynolds Number -- Chapter 8. Thermal Properties: Body Temperatures in Air and Water -- Chapter 9. Electrical Resistivity and the Sixth Sense -- Chapter 10. Sound in Air and Water: Listening to the Environment -- Chapter 11. Light in Air and Water -- Chapter 12. Surface Tension: The Energy of the Interface -- Chapter 13. Surface Waves -- Chapter 14. Evaporation: Drying Out and Keeping Cool -- Chapter 15. A Thought at the End -- Literature Cited -- Author Index -- Subject Index
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Addressing general readers and biologists, Mark Denny shows how the physics of fluids (in this case, air and water) influences the often fantastic ways in which life forms adapt themselves to their terrestrial or aquatic "media."
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
Air.
Fluid dynamics.
Water.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology. bisacsh
Araceae (plants).
Euler's equations.
Lewis number.
Ohm's law.
abalone.
available energy.
beam theory.
beetles.
breaking waves.
capillary adhesion.
chemical gradient.
contact angle.
echolocation.
electrical power.
forced convection.
gas constant.
hearing.
hydrostatic pressure.
kangaroo rat.
mean square.
minimal cost.
negative pressure.
photons.
porpoising.
random walks.
redwoods.
rivers.
sand.
size limits.
tangential velocity.
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Air and Water : The Biology and Physics of Life's Media /
Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Symbols and Subscripts --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Chapter 1. Introduction --
Chapter 2. The Fluid Environment --
Chapter 3. Thoughts at the Beginning: Basic Principles --
Chapter 4. Density: Weight, Pressure, and Fluid Dynamics --
Chapter 5. Viscosity: How Fluid Is the Fluid? --
Chapter 6. Diffusion: Random Walks in Air and Water --
Chapter 7. Density and Viscosity Together: The Many Guises of Reynolds Number --
Chapter 8. Thermal Properties: Body Temperatures in Air and Water --
Chapter 9. Electrical Resistivity and the Sixth Sense --
Chapter 10. Sound in Air and Water: Listening to the Environment --
Chapter 11. Light in Air and Water --
Chapter 12. Surface Tension: The Energy of the Interface --
Chapter 13. Surface Waves --
Chapter 14. Evaporation: Drying Out and Keeping Cool --
Chapter 15. A Thought at the End --
Literature Cited --
Author Index --
Subject Index
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title_alt Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Symbols and Subscripts --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Chapter 1. Introduction --
Chapter 2. The Fluid Environment --
Chapter 3. Thoughts at the Beginning: Basic Principles --
Chapter 4. Density: Weight, Pressure, and Fluid Dynamics --
Chapter 5. Viscosity: How Fluid Is the Fluid? --
Chapter 6. Diffusion: Random Walks in Air and Water --
Chapter 7. Density and Viscosity Together: The Many Guises of Reynolds Number --
Chapter 8. Thermal Properties: Body Temperatures in Air and Water --
Chapter 9. Electrical Resistivity and the Sixth Sense --
Chapter 10. Sound in Air and Water: Listening to the Environment --
Chapter 11. Light in Air and Water --
Chapter 12. Surface Tension: The Energy of the Interface --
Chapter 13. Surface Waves --
Chapter 14. Evaporation: Drying Out and Keeping Cool --
Chapter 15. A Thought at the End --
Literature Cited --
Author Index --
Subject Index
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physical 1 online resource (360 p.) : 223 line illus. 23 tables
contents Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Symbols and Subscripts --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Chapter 1. Introduction --
Chapter 2. The Fluid Environment --
Chapter 3. Thoughts at the Beginning: Basic Principles --
Chapter 4. Density: Weight, Pressure, and Fluid Dynamics --
Chapter 5. Viscosity: How Fluid Is the Fluid? --
Chapter 6. Diffusion: Random Walks in Air and Water --
Chapter 7. Density and Viscosity Together: The Many Guises of Reynolds Number --
Chapter 8. Thermal Properties: Body Temperatures in Air and Water --
Chapter 9. Electrical Resistivity and the Sixth Sense --
Chapter 10. Sound in Air and Water: Listening to the Environment --
Chapter 11. Light in Air and Water --
Chapter 12. Surface Tension: The Energy of the Interface --
Chapter 13. Surface Waves --
Chapter 14. Evaporation: Drying Out and Keeping Cool --
Chapter 15. A Thought at the End --
Literature Cited --
Author Index --
Subject Index
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