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Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach usInsects 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 In How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls David Hu takes readers on an accessible wondrous journey into the world of animal motion From basement labs at MIT to the rain forests of Panama 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 efficiencyHu follows scientists as they investigate a multitude of animal movements from the undulations of sandfish and the way that dogs shake off water in fractions of a second to the seemingly crashresistant characteristics of insect flight Not limiting his exploration to individual organisms Hu describes the ways animals enact swarm intelligence such as when army ants cooperate and link their bodies to create bridges that span ravines He also looks at what scientists learn from natures unexpected featssuch as snakes that fly mosquitoes that survive rainstorms and dead fish that swim upstream As researchers better understand such issues as energy flexibility and water repellency in animal movement they are applying this knowledge to the development of cuttingedge technologyIntegrating biology engineering physics and robotics How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls demystifies the remarkable mechanics behind animal locomotion. 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