Principles of animal design: the optimization and symmorphosis debate
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521586672
Date de publication :
28 févr. 1998
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
450 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this book, eminent biologists discuss whether animals are designed according to the same rules that engineers use in building machines; namely that materials and energy are used economically while achieving a high level of performance. This is controversial because, although there is evidence for this idea, evolution tells us that animals are not 'engineered' but result by natural selection.