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Why does dust collect on the blades of a fan? Why should you wear support hose on a long airplane flight? Vogel ranges across physics, fluid mechanics, and chemistry to show how an enormous system of pumps and pipes works to keep the human body functioning. Anyone curious about the workings of the body will want to read this book. 64 line drawings.
Why does dust collect on the blades of a fan? Why should you wear support hose on a long airplane flight? Vogel ranges across physics, fluid mechanics, and chemistry to show how an enormous system of pumps and pipes works to keep the human body functioning. Anyone curious about the workings of the body will want to read this book. 64 line drawings.
Über den Autor
Steven Vogel is Professor of Zoology at Duke University. His most recent book Life's Devices, which Nature hailed as "brilliant and eccentric," won the first Irving and Jean Stone Prize for Science Writing for Public Understanding.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Plumbing; Pumps and pipes; Getting there; Pressure; How blood moves; Why move blood; Pliant pipes; Hearts, again; Moving oxygen; Moving heat; Tiny vessels; Control; Leftovers; And, finally; Glossary; References.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 1993 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeine Lexika |
Genre: | Medizin |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780195082692 |
ISBN-10: | 0195082699 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Vogel, Steven |
Illustrator: | Calvert, Rosemary Anne |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Steven Vogel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.04.1993 |
Gewicht: | 0,464 kg |
Über den Autor
Steven Vogel is Professor of Zoology at Duke University. His most recent book Life's Devices, which Nature hailed as "brilliant and eccentric," won the first Irving and Jean Stone Prize for Science Writing for Public Understanding.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Plumbing; Pumps and pipes; Getting there; Pressure; How blood moves; Why move blood; Pliant pipes; Hearts, again; Moving oxygen; Moving heat; Tiny vessels; Control; Leftovers; And, finally; Glossary; References.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 1993 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeine Lexika |
Genre: | Medizin |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780195082692 |
ISBN-10: | 0195082699 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Vogel, Steven |
Illustrator: | Calvert, Rosemary Anne |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Maße: | 216 x 140 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Steven Vogel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.04.1993 |
Gewicht: | 0,464 kg |
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