Engineering Animals

Engineering Animals
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 9780674048546
ISBN-13 : 0674048547
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Book Synopsis Engineering Animals by : Mark Denny

Download or read book Engineering Animals written by Mark Denny and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an engineer’s perspective, how do specialized adaptations among living things really work? Writing with wit and a richly informed sense of wonder, Denny and Alan offer an expert look at animals—including humans—as works of evolutionary engineering, each exquisitely adapted to a specific manner of survival.


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