Why Size Matters
From Bacteria to Blue Whales
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2024
176 pages
978-0-691-25442-5 (ISBN)
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton, NJ
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
35 b/w illus. 1 table.
35 b/w illus. 1 table.
ISBN-13
978-0-691-25442-5 (9780691254425)
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Book
01/2024
Princeton University Press
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Person
John Tyler Bonner (1920-2019) was professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. His many books include The Evolution of Culture in Animals and The Social Amoebae (both Princeton).
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Human View of Size
- 3. The Physics of Size
- 4. The Evolution of Size
- 5. Size and the Division of Labor
- 6. Size and Time
- 7. Envoi
- Notes
- Index
