{"product_id":"mechanical-design-in-organisms-stephen-a-wainwright-9780691083087","title":"Mechanical Design in Organisms","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book deals with an interface between mechanical engineering and biology. Available for the first time in paperback, it reviews biological structural materials and systems and their mechanically important features and demonstrates that function at any particular level of biological integration is permitted and controlled by structure at lower levels of integration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive chapters discuss the properties of materials in general and those of biomaterials in particular. The authors examine the design of skeletal elements and discuss animal and plant systems in terms of mechanical design. In a concluding chapter they investigate organisms in their environments and the insights gained from study of the mechanical aspects of their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen A. Wainwright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691083088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691083087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.15w x 1.10d","brand":"Stephen A. Wainwright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443610300671,"sku":"9780691083087","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6244e223-b3b1-4375-87ec-1309974de4f5.jpg?v=1777206608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mechanical-design-in-organisms-stephen-a-wainwright-9780691083087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}