How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls

Name: How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls
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SKU: 9780691204161
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Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future

By David Hu

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How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls explores the fascinating mechanics of animal movement, revealing how creatures like insects, snakes, and fish achieve remarkable feats of locomotion by harnessing physical laws. David Hu combines biology, physics, and engineering to uncover how these adaptations inspire innovative robotics and technologies, offering readers an engaging journey from scientific labs to the wild rainforests.
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Ideal for readers interested in science, nature, and engineering, particularly young adults and educators looking for accessible insight into biomechanics and robotics.

One of Inverse 's Best Science Books of 2018 Co-Winner of the AIP Science Communication Book Award, American Institute of Physics

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One of Inverse's Best Science Books of 2018

Co-Winner of the AIP Science Communication Book Award, American Institute of Physics

Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books

Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach us

Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls takes readers on a wondrous journey into the world of animal motion.

From basement labs at MIT to the rain forests of Panama, David Hu shows how animals have adapted and evolved to traverse their environments, taking advantage of physical laws with results that are startling and ingenious. In turn, the latest discoveries about animal mechanics are inspiring scientists to invent robots and devices that move with similar elegance and efficiency. Integrating biology, engineering, physics, and robotics, How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls demystifies the remarkable secrets behind animal locomotion.

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Acclaimed and Award-winning: This book is a co-winner of the American Institute of Physics Science Communication Book Award, was a finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books (Young Adult category), and featured as one of Inverse's Best Science Books of 2018.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691204161

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 12 color + 33 b/w illus.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 248

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David Hu Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

David L. Hu is professor of mechanical engineering and biology, and adjunct professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He lives in Atlanta.