LEADER 04842nam 22010335 450 001 9910821504403321 005 20221206180549.0 010 $a1-283-35435-7 010 $a9786613354358 010 $a1-4008-3755-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837557 035 $a(CKB)2550000000071036 035 $a(EBL)815521 035 $a(OCoLC)767502799 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000642963 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12304087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642963 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10652739 035 $a(PQKB)10539734 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000555744 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11939908 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555744 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10530633 035 $a(PQKB)11099360 035 $a(DE-B1597)453588 035 $a(OCoLC)979754929 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837557 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC815521 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000071036 100 $a20190708d2011 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhy Size Matters $eFrom Bacteria to Blue Whales /$fJohn Tyler Bonner 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15233-0 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE /$rHarbour, Margaree --$tChapter 1. INTRODUCTION --$tChapter 2. THE HUMAN VIEW OF SIZE --$tChapter 3. THE PHYSICS OF SIZE --$tChapter 4. THE EVOLUTION OF SIZE --$tChapter 5. SIZE AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR --$tChapter 6. SIZE AND TIME --$tChapter 7. ENVOI --$tNOTES --$tINDEX 330 $aJohn Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly style, he explores the universal impact of being the right size. By examining stories ranging from Alice in Wonderland to Gulliver's Travels, he shows that humans have always been fascinated by things big and small. Why then does size always reside on the fringes of science and never on the center stage? Why do biologists and others ponder size only when studying something else--running speed, life span, or metabolism? Why Size Matters, a pioneering book of big ideas in a compact size, gives size its due by presenting a profound yet lucid overview of what we know about its role in the living world. Bonner argues that size really does matter--that it is the supreme and universal determinant of what any organism can be and do. For example, because tiny creatures are subject primarily to forces of cohesion and larger beasts to gravity, a fly can easily walk up a wall, something we humans cannot even begin to imagine doing. Bonner introduces us to size through the giants and dwarfs of human, animal, and plant history and then explores questions including the physics of size as it affects biology, the evolution of size over geological time, and the role of size in the function and longevity of living things. As this elegantly written book shows, size affects life in its every aspect. It is a universal frame from which nothing escapes. 606 $aBody size 606 $aBody size 606 $aGrowth 606 $aBody Weights and Measures 606 $aGrowth and Development 606 $aBody Constitution 606 $aAnthropometry 606 $aPhysiological Phenomena 606 $aInvestigative Techniques 606 $aPhysical Examination 606 $aPhysiological Processes 606 $aDiagnostic Techniques and Procedures 606 $aTherapeutics 606 $aDiagnosis 606 $aBody Size 606 $aZoology$2HILCC 606 $aHealth & Biological Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aAnimal Anatomy & Embryology$2HILCC 615 4$aBody size. 615 0$aBody size 615 2$aGrowth 615 2$aBody Weights and Measures 615 2$aGrowth and Development 615 2$aBody Constitution 615 2$aAnthropometry 615 2$aPhysiological Phenomena 615 2$aInvestigative Techniques 615 2$aPhysical Examination 615 2$aPhysiological Processes 615 2$aDiagnostic Techniques and Procedures 615 2$aTherapeutics 615 2$aDiagnosis 615 2$aBody Size. 615 7$aZoology 615 7$aHealth & Biological Sciences 615 7$aAnimal Anatomy & Embryology 676 $a578.41 700 $aBonner$b John Tyler$032892 702 $aHarbour$b Margaree$4ctb$4https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821504403321 996 $aWhy size matters$91220774 997 $aUNINA