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The animal world is full of mysteries. Why do dogs slurp from their drinking bowls while cats lap up water with a delicate flick of the tongue? How does a tiny turtle hatchling from Florida circle the entire northern Atlantic before returning to the very beach where it hatched? And how can a Komodo dragon kill a water buffalo with a bite only as strong as a domestic cat's?
These puzzles - and many more besides - are all explained by physics. From heat and light to electricity and magnetism, Furry Logic unveils the ways that more than 30 animals exploit physics to eat, drink, mate and dodge death in their daily battle for survival.
Along the way, science journalists Matin Durrani and Liz Kalaugher introduce the great physicists whose discoveries helped us understand the animal world, as well as the animal experts of today who are scouring the planet to find and study the animals that seem to push the laws of physics to the limit.
Presenting mind-bending physics principles in a simple and engaging way, Furry Logic will appeal both to animal lovers and to those curious to see how physics crops up in the natural world. It's more of a 'howdunit' than a whodunit, though you're unlikely to guess some of the answers.
The animal world is full of mysteries. Why do dogs slurp from their drinking bowls while cats lap up water with a delicate flick of the tongue? How does a tiny turtle hatchling from Florida circle the entire northern Atlantic before returning to the very beach where it hatched? And how can a Komodo dragon kill a water buffalo with a bite only as strong as a domestic cat's?
These puzzles - and many more besides - are all explained by physics. From heat and light to electricity and magnetism, Furry Logic unveils the ways that more than 30 animals exploit physics to eat, drink, mate and dodge death in their daily battle for survival.
Along the way, science journalists Matin Durrani and Liz Kalaugher introduce the great physicists whose discoveries helped us understand the animal world, as well as the animal experts of today who are scouring the planet to find and study the animals that seem to push the laws of physics to the limit.
Presenting mind-bending physics principles in a simple and engaging way, Furry Logic will appeal both to animal lovers and to those curious to see how physics crops up in the natural world. It's more of a 'howdunit' than a whodunit, though you're unlikely to guess some of the answers.
Matin Durrani is the editor of the international magazine Physics World. After receiving his Ph.D. on polymer physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Durrani did a postdoc at the University of Cambridge before moving into publishing.
Liz Kalaugher is a science and environment writer based in Bristol, UK. Fascinated by animals since a childhood encounter with a squashed frog, she is a particular fan of bats, bees, and badgers. After winning journalism fellowships from the World Federation of Science Journalists and the European Geosciences Union, Liz has also reported on beluga whales in the Canadian Arctic and Finnish reindeer. She has a materials science degree from the University of Oxford and a PhD in thin-film diamond from the University of Bristol. Liz tweets from [...] and you can find out more about Furry Logic at [...].
1. Introduction - what do we mean by 'animal physics'?
2. Force and motion - Newton's laws in action
How snakes use friction to move, how the Komodo dragon uses a 'can-opener' technique to tear apart prey, and many more.
3. Heat and light - the electromagnetic spectrum
Why 'ultrablack' butterflies regulate their body heat by absorbing light, why dogs' paws don't freeze, and many more.
4. Sound - a question of waves
How peacock tails generate infrasound to attract a mate, why elephants generate seismic waves, how bats navigate with sound, and how snakes and scorpions hear surface vibrations in sand.
5. Fluid dynamics - how to go with the flow
How pondskaters walk on water, why all mammals empty their bladders in 21 seconds, and why blood doesn't pool in giraffes' necks.
6. Electricity and magnetism - two sides of the same coin
The secrets of the electric eel, the frogs and fish that detect currents, the sea turtles that use magnetic maps, and why trouts' noses follow magnetic fields.
7. Quantum mechanics - it's not all classical physics
The hornet that has its very own solar cell, why quantum entanglement affects how the Robin navigates using proteins in its retina, and the link between honeybee dances and quarks.
8. Unexplained mysteries
Why woodpecker's don't get headaches, why scorpions glow in the dark, and many more.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Zoologie |
| Genre: | Biologie |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 304 |
| Inhalt: | 304 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781472914118 |
| ISBN-10: | 1472914112 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Durrani, Matin
Kalaugher, Liz |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Maße: | 198 x 126 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Matin Durrani (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.01.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,264 kg |
Matin Durrani is the editor of the international magazine Physics World. After receiving his Ph.D. on polymer physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Durrani did a postdoc at the University of Cambridge before moving into publishing.
Liz Kalaugher is a science and environment writer based in Bristol, UK. Fascinated by animals since a childhood encounter with a squashed frog, she is a particular fan of bats, bees, and badgers. After winning journalism fellowships from the World Federation of Science Journalists and the European Geosciences Union, Liz has also reported on beluga whales in the Canadian Arctic and Finnish reindeer. She has a materials science degree from the University of Oxford and a PhD in thin-film diamond from the University of Bristol. Liz tweets from [...] and you can find out more about Furry Logic at [...].
1. Introduction - what do we mean by 'animal physics'?
2. Force and motion - Newton's laws in action
How snakes use friction to move, how the Komodo dragon uses a 'can-opener' technique to tear apart prey, and many more.
3. Heat and light - the electromagnetic spectrum
Why 'ultrablack' butterflies regulate their body heat by absorbing light, why dogs' paws don't freeze, and many more.
4. Sound - a question of waves
How peacock tails generate infrasound to attract a mate, why elephants generate seismic waves, how bats navigate with sound, and how snakes and scorpions hear surface vibrations in sand.
5. Fluid dynamics - how to go with the flow
How pondskaters walk on water, why all mammals empty their bladders in 21 seconds, and why blood doesn't pool in giraffes' necks.
6. Electricity and magnetism - two sides of the same coin
The secrets of the electric eel, the frogs and fish that detect currents, the sea turtles that use magnetic maps, and why trouts' noses follow magnetic fields.
7. Quantum mechanics - it's not all classical physics
The hornet that has its very own solar cell, why quantum entanglement affects how the Robin navigates using proteins in its retina, and the link between honeybee dances and quarks.
8. Unexplained mysteries
Why woodpecker's don't get headaches, why scorpions glow in the dark, and many more.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Zoologie |
| Genre: | Biologie |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 304 |
| Inhalt: | 304 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781472914118 |
| ISBN-10: | 1472914112 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Durrani, Matin
Kalaugher, Liz |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Maße: | 198 x 126 x 27 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Matin Durrani (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.01.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,264 kg |
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