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With spectacular large-format images complemented by scientifically grounded, yet easy-to-read, explanatory texts, Georg Glaeser and Werner Nachtigall take you on an exciting journey through the fascinating world of macrostructures – small structures in nature that fulfill specific functions. This book will pique your curiosity about a secret world known only to a few by presenting an impressive range of evolutionary mechanisms, from shrimps’ “tail flips” to the adhesive pads of gecko setae and the implementation of biological structures in the field of bionics.

The book can be read in any fashion you please – the cross-references make it easy to jump across the sections, which are largely self-contained and discuss various highlights of the evolutionary process.




Table of Contents

Shape, Movement, Lever­.- Sticking, Filtering, Drilling.- Gripping, Stretching, Folding.- Signalling, Swimming, Flying, Exploding.- Storage, Constructions, Building Materials.- Packaging, Primordia, Unfolding Mechanisms.- Brave New World.


The Evolution and Function of Biological

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      Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
      Published 24 August 2019
      ISBN-13 9783662592908
      978-3662592908
      ISBN-10 3662592908
      Also in:
      Science & Nature Botany and plant sciences Life sciences: general issues Zoology and animal sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      With spectacular large-format images complemented by scientifically grounded, yet easy-to-read, explanatory texts, Georg Glaeser and Werner Nachtigall take you on an exciting journey through the fascinating world of macrostructures – small structures in nature that fulfill specific functions. This book will pique your curiosity about a secret world known only to a few by presenting an impressive range of evolutionary mechanisms, from shrimps’ “tail flips” to the adhesive pads of gecko setae and the implementation of biological structures in the field of bionics.

      The book can be read in any fashion you please – the cross-references make it easy to jump across the sections, which are largely self-contained and discuss various highlights of the evolutionary process.




      Table of Contents

      Shape, Movement, Lever­.- Sticking, Filtering, Drilling.- Gripping, Stretching, Folding.- Signalling, Swimming, Flying, Exploding.- Storage, Constructions, Building Materials.- Packaging, Primordia, Unfolding Mechanisms.- Brave New World.


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