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ERIC Number: EJ392680
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Physics and Size in Biological Systems.
Barnes, George
Physics Teacher, v27 n4 p234-53 Apr 1989
Described is the subject of biological scaling for physics teachers including examples and in-depth reading. Topics are elements of scaling, terminal velocities, Lilliputian and Brobdingnagian, brain evolution, dolphin echolocation, surface tension, gravity change, food and oxygen, and seeing. Ten references on physics and size, and ten questions are appended. (YP)
Descriptors: Biology, Measurement, Physics, Problem Sets, Science Materials, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - General; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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