Optima for Animals: Revised Edition
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Optima for Animals: Revised Edition
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) R. McNeill Alexander
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:176 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 197 |
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| Category/Genre | Maths for scientists
Zoology and animal sciences |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691027982
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| Classifications | Dewey:590.1515 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Edition |
Revised edition
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| Illustrations |
38 line illus. 7 tables
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
1 December 1996 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
In this revised edition of R. McNeill Alexander's widely acclaimed 'Optima for Animals, ' we see how extraordinarily diverse branches of biology are illuminated by the powerful methods of optimization theory.
Author Biography
R. McNeill Alexander is Professor of Zoology at the University of Leeds and Secretary of the Zoological Society of London. The author of fourteen books, most of them on the mechanics of human and animal movement, Alexander is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a recipient of the Muybridge Medal of the International Society for Biomechanics.
Reviews"This is a comprehensively revised edition, now taking in not only optimum structures and movements, but also the games theory of animal behaviour strategies and life styles... It is in this breadth of its Darwinian perspective and the detail of its analysis and examples that the book's strength lies."--Journal of Biological Education
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