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Animal Locomotion 2nd Edition
Author(s): Andrew Biewener (Author), Sheila Patek (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: June 5, 2018
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 236 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198743165
- ISBN-13: 9780198743163
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
"[A] comprehensive introduction to specific aspects of animal movement...those looking for a book on the biomechanics, evolutionary determinants, and energetic consequences of animal locomotion will be well-served by Animal Locomotion." -- Jane E. Dentinger & Garrett M. Street, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, The Journal of Wildlife Management
"Biewener's descriptions of biomechanical concepts are succinct and presented with superb clarity, providing a framework for instruction." -- Frank E. Fish, The Journal of Experimental Biology
Review
"[A] comprehensive introduction to specific aspects of animal movement...those looking for a book on the biomechanics, evolutionary determinants, and energetic consequences of animal locomotion will be well-served by Animal Locomotion." -- Jane E. Dentinger & Garrett M. Street, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, The Journal of Wildlife Management
"Biewener's descriptions of biomechanical concepts are succinct and presented with superb clarity, providing a framework for instruction." -- Frank E. Fish, The Journal of Experimental Biology
From the Publisher
Andrew Biewener is the Charles P. Lyman Professor of Biology and Director of the Concord Field Station at Harvard University. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of
The Journal of Experimental Biology and served as an Editorial Board member of Biological Letters. Biewener's laboratory focuses on the biomechanics and neuromuscular control of terrestrial and aerial locomotion of vertebrate animals, with relevance to biorobotics and biomedical engineering. He has published over 155 primary research papers, and trained 18 PhDs and 16 post-doctoral fellows. He teaches courses on Comparative Evolutionary Physiology, Comparative Biomechanics and The Biology of Movement, and has helped to co-author the biology textbook, How Life Works (Macmillan Press, 2016).Sheila Patek is Associate Professor in Biology at Duke University. Patek's lab focuses on the interface of physics and evolution in organismal systems, especially through the evolution of acoustic mechanisms and fast movements in arthropods. She is a Monitoring Editor at
The Journal of Experimental Biology and Associate Editor at the journal Evolution. She has taught courses in Marine Invertebrate Biology, How Organisms Move, Introductory Biology and Animal Physiology. Patek received her A.B. with honors in Biology from Harvard University followed by a Ph.D. in Biology from Duke University. She was then awarded a Miller Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley. She has received several honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the George A. Bartholomew Award for distinguished contributions to comparative physiology, a Radcliffe Fellowship, a NSF CAREER award, and the Brilliant 10 award from Popular Science magazine.About the Author
Andrew Biewener is the Charles P. Lyman Professor of Biology and Director of the Concord Field Station at Harvard University. He is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of
The Journal of Experimental Biology and served as an Editorial Board member of Biological Letters. Biewener's laboratory focuses on the biomechanics and neuromuscular control of terrestrial and aerial locomotion of vertebrate animals, with relevance to biorobotics and biomedical engineering. He has published over 155 primary research papers, and trained 18 PhDs and 16 post-doctoral fellows. He teaches courses on Comparative Evolutionary Physiology, Comparative Biomechanics and The Biology of Movement, and has helped to co-author the biology textbook, How Life Works (Macmillan Press, 2016).Sheila Patek is Associate Professor in Biology at Duke University. Patek's lab focuses on the interface of physics and evolution in organismal systems, especially through the evolution of acoustic mechanisms and fast movements in arthropods. She is a Monitoring Editor at
The Journal of Experimental Biology and Associate Editor at the journal Evolution. She has taught courses in Marine Invertebrate Biology, How Organisms Move, Introductory Biology and Animal Physiology. Patek received her A.B. with honors in Biology from Harvard University followed by a Ph.D. in Biology from Duke University. She was then awarded a Miller Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley. She has received several honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the George A. Bartholomew Award for distinguished contributions to comparative physiology, a Radcliffe Fellowship, a NSF CAREER award, and the Brilliant 10 award from Popular Science magazine.
