Animal Science: Just the Right Size : Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little (Paperback)

from debnance

I'm a person who has a great deal of trouble with scientific concepts. This book explained some principle in science, I think, and I believe I understand the principle better after reading this book, though I couldn't tell you the name of the principle and I doubt if I could explain it very well....

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I can still vividly recall the day, back in Biology 118, when Professor Cruz explained to our class why the gigantic spiders of fantasy fiction - you know, the kind that you see in stories like Tolkien's The Two Towers (Shelob), or Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Aragog) - woul...

from rhigginbotham

This book is all about different sizes- height, weight, volume, etc. It's an ok book, but can get a little wordy. I might pick parts of the book to read along with certain lessons. but it's not a book I would read in it's entirety.

from Jill.Barrington

The book asks and answers many questions about animal size related to math and science. The book would be useful for informational enhancement in the classroom.

from KellyLPickett

This book focuses on answering some of the questions children might have about why some animals can fly, carry things several times their own body weight, walk on ceilings and etc... It goes into the complicated ideas of size ratios in terms of weight and mass and strength. I found this book to b...