Living at micro scale : the unexpected physics of being small / David B. Dusenbery.

Author: Dusenbery, David B.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Descriptionxxx, 416 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Background -- Microscopy -- Fluids -- Molecules -- Brownian motion -- Ellipsoids -- Information -- Energy -- Physical consequences -- Chemical transport -- Signal detection -- Consequences for locomotion -- Dispersal -- Sedimentation -- Swimming -- Consequences for orientation to stimulus gradients -- Gradient guiding -- Size limit for locomotion -- Optimal shapes -- Consequences for interactions between organisms -- Encounter rates -- Predation -- Pheromone attraction -- Gametes.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-406) and index.

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