Air and Water

The Biology and Physics of Life's Media

• Author(s): Mark W. Denny,
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Pages: 341
• ISBN_13: 9780691025186
  ISBN_10: 0691025185
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / Natural Resources , Science / Life Sciences / Biology , Science / Life Sciences / Biophysics , Science / Chemistry / General , Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General ,

Description:... The book begins with a brief, accessible review of the basic concepts of physics and then applies these tools to describe the properties of air and water, among them being density, viscosity, electrical resistivity, and diffusivity. In each case the property under discussion is examined in a biological context: Why can sperm whales act like hot air balloons when terrestrial animals cannot? Why are trees taller than kelps?