Life in Moving Fluids: The Physical Biology of Flow - Revised and Expanded Second Edition

by Steven Vogel

Overview

Both a landmark text and reference book, Steven Vogel's Life in Moving Fluids has also played a catalytic role in research involving the applications of fluid mechanics to biology. In this revised edition, Vogel continues to combine humor and clear explanations as he addresses biologists and general readers interested in biological fluid mechanics, offering updates on the field over the last dozen years and expanding the coverage of the biological literature. His discussion of the relationship between fluid flow and biological design now includes sections on jet propulsion, biological pumps, swimming, blood flow, and surface waves, and on acceleration reaction and Murray’s law. This edition contains an extensive bibliography for readers interested in designing their own experiments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691212975
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	05/05/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	488
File size:	45 MB
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About the Author

Steven Vogel (1940–2015) was the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biology at Duke University. His many books include Comparative Biomechanics (Princeton) and Cats' Paws and Catapults.

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CHAPTER 1

Table of Contents

Preface to the New Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Remarks at the Start
Chapter 2: What Is a Fluid and How Much So
Chapter 3: Neither Hiding nor Crossing Streamlines
Chapter 4: Pressure and Momentum
Chapter 5: Drag, Scale, and the Reynolds Number
Chapter 6: The Drag of Simple Shapes and Sessile Systems
Chapter 7: Shape and Drag: Motile Animals
Chapter 8: Velocity Gradients and Boundary Layers
Chapter 9: Life in Velocity Gradients
Chapter 10: Making and Using Vortices
Chapter 11: Lift, Airfoils, Gliding, and Soaring
Chapter 12: The Thrust of Flying and Swimming
Chapter 13: Flows within Pipes and Other Structures
Chapter 14: Internal Flows in Organisms
Chapter 15: Flow at Very Low Reynolds Numbers
Chapter 16: Unsteady Flows
Chapter 17: Flow at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces
Chapter 18: Do It Yourself
List of Symbols
Bibliography and Index of Citations
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the previous edition: Required reading for students of biology at all levels of career development.

Science - Paul W. Webb

This edition includes more of everything: more physical concepts, more biological examples, more sources for additional information.... Vogel finds a way to make sense of even the least intuitive concepts.

American Scientist - Mike May

Vogel ... has a deep knowledge of hydrodynamics and knows how to teach the subject. Many phenomena are explained more clearly in his book than in common fluid dynamic texts.... Beautifully produced.

Physics Today - Jerry Gollub

Vogel ... has a deep knowledge of hydrodynamics and knows how to teach the subject. Many phenomena are explained more clearly in his book than in common fluid dynamic texts.... Beautifully produced.
— Jerry Gollub

Physics Today

For biologists who want to come to the beginning of a quantitative understanding of a wide variety of adaptations, for general readers who want to see how fluid mechanics works in a varied and often surprising context ... this book, full of data, rich in up-to-date and well-appraised references, is a first-class opportunity.

Scientific American - Philip Morrison

This edition includes more of everything: more physical concepts, more biological examples, more sources for additional information.... Vogel finds a way to make sense of even the least intuitive concepts.
— Mike May

American Scientist

Praise for the previous edition: Required reading for students of biology at all levels of career development.
— Paul W. Webb

Science

For biologists who want to come to the beginning of a quantitative understanding of a wide variety of adaptations, for general readers who want to see how fluid mechanics works in a varied and often surprising context ... this book, full of data, rich in up-to-date and well-appraised references, is a first-class opportunity.
— Philip Morrison

Scientific American

"Vogel ... has a deep knowledge of hydrodynamics and knows how to teach the subject. Many phenomena are explained more clearly in his book than in common fluid dynamic texts.... Beautifully produced."—Jerry Gollub,Physics Today

"This edition includes more of everything: more physical concepts, more biological examples, more sources for additional information.... Vogel finds a way to make sense of even the least intuitive concepts."—Mike May,American Scientist

Praise for the previous edition: Required reading for students of biology at all levels of career development."—Paul W. Webb, Science

"For biologists who want to come to the beginning of a quantitative understanding of a wide variety of adaptations, for general readers who want to see how fluid mechanics works in a varied and often surprising context ... this book, full of data, rich in up-to-date and well-appraised references, is a first-class opportunity."—Philip Morrison, Scientific American

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