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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: R. McNeill AlexanderPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: Revised Edition Dimensions: Width: 19.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.255kg ISBN: 9780691027982ISBN 10: 0691027986 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 01 December 1996 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsPreface1Introduction12Optimum structures173Optimum movements454Optimum behaviour655Optimum life-styles1056Dangers and difficulties1417Mathematical summary151References161Index167ReviewsThis 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 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 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 Author InformationR. 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |