Why do elephants have such big ears? And why do they have such thick legs? In other words, why do elephants have different shapes than horses? This chapter focuses on these questions and more explaining how they can be answered using the laws of scaling learned in physics.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2006Stock # PB198X_38

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