Physics of Life 3. Fluids
How life pushes the envelope of physics
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What you will learn
An understanding of what fluids are, their properties, and what makes them distinct from solids.
The interaction of inertia and viscosity in determining type of flow.
What the Reynolds number is, and how this determines the flow regime, including drag.
The different types of drag that operate on an organism, and how diverse creatures, like spiders, exploit drag to fly.
How body size constrains swimming, ranging from bacteria to blue whales.
How viscous drag helps animals live in burrows that might otherwise get stuffy.
The basic physics of swimming and flying.
Why our popular models of lift in wings is almost certainly wrong.
How animals glide and fly.
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