Plants And Mechanical Motion

Author : Norman M. Wereley
Publisher : DEStech Publications, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1605950432
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plants and Mechanical Motion written by Norman M. Wereley and published by DEStech Publications, Inc. This book was released on 2012 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the basics of plant motion, this book explains technologies for translating plant-like movements to new adaptive materials, with explicit reference to helicopter and aeronautic applications. It intends to assist materials scientists and engineers to initiate research and design in the field of nastic materials and structures.

Author : Norman M. Wereley
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ISBN 13 : 9781523112685
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plants and Mechanical Motion written by Norman M. Wereley and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beginning with the basics of plant motion, this book explains technologies for translating plant-like movements to new adaptive materials, with explicit reference to helicopter and aeronautic applications."--Publisher description.

Author : Daniel Greenleaf Thompson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Author : Karl J. Niklas
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226586340
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Physics written by Karl J. Niklas and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-02-06 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Galileo, who used the hollow stalks of grass to demonstrate the idea that peripherally located construction materials provide most of the resistance to bending forces, to Leonardo da Vinci, whose illustrations of the parachute are alleged to be based on his study of the dandelion’s pappus and the maple tree’s samara, many of our greatest physicists, mathematicians, and engineers have learned much from studying plants. A symbiotic relationship between botany and the fields of physics, mathematics, engineering, and chemistry continues today, as is revealed in Plant Physics. The result of a long-term collaboration between plant evolutionary biologist Karl J. Niklas and physicist Hanns-Christof Spatz, Plant Physics presents a detailed account of the principles of classical physics, evolutionary theory, and plant biology in order to explain the complex interrelationships among plant form, function, environment, and evolutionary history. Covering a wide range of topics—from the development and evolution of the basic plant body and the ecology of aquatic unicellular plants to mathematical treatments of light attenuation through tree canopies and the movement of water through plants’ roots, stems, and leaves—Plant Physics is destined to inspire students and professionals alike to traverse disciplinary membranes.

Author : James R. Simms
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306469669
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles of Quantitative Living Systems Science written by James R. Simms and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1978, when the book Living Systems was published, it contained the prediction that the sciences that were concerned with the biological and social sciences would, in the future, be stated as rigorously as the “hard sciences” that study such nonliving phenomena as temperature, distance, and the interaction of chemical elements. Principles of Quantitative Living Systems Science, the first of a planned series of three books, begins an attempt to fulfill that prediction. The view that living things are similar to other parts of the physical world, differing only in their complexity, was explicitly stated in the early years of the twentieth century by the biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy. His ideas could not be published until the end of the war in Europe in the 1940s. Von Bertalanffy was strongly opposed to vitalism, the theory current among biologists at the time that life could only be explained by recourse to a “vital principle” or God. He c- sidered living things to be a part of the natural order, “systems” like atoms and molecules and planetary systems. Systems were described as being made up of a number of interrelated and interdependent parts, but because of the interrelations, the total system became more than the sum of those parts. These ideas led to the development of systems movements, in both Europe and the United States, that included not only biologists but scientists in other fields as well. Systems societies were formed on both continents.

Author : Jacobus X
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Author : Anja Geitmann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319790994
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Biomechanics written by Anja Geitmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-09 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides important insights into the operating principles of plants by highlighting the relationship between structure and function. It describes the quantitative determination of structural and mechanical parameters, such as the material properties of a tissue, in correlation with specific features, such as the ability of the tissue to conduct water or withstand bending forces, which will allow advanced analysis in plant biomechanics. This knowledge enables researchers to understand the developmental changes that occur in plant organs over their life span and under the influence of environmental factors. The authors provide an overview of the state of the art of plant structure and function and how they relate to the mechanical behavior of the organism, such as the ability of plants to grow against the gravity vector or to withstand the forces of wind. They also show the sophisticated strategies employed by plants to effect organ movement and morphogenesis in the absence of muscles or cellular migration. As such, this book not only appeals to scientists currently working in plant sciences and biophysics, but also inspires future generations to pursue their own research in this area.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Author : John William Draper
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
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Download or read book A Treatise on the Forces which Produce the Organization of Plants written by John William Draper and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John William DRAPER (M.D., LL.D.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
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Download or read book A treatise on the forces which produce the organization of plants. With an appendix, containing several memoirs on capillary attraction, electricity and the chemical action of light written by John William DRAPER (M.D., LL.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: