CHAPTER 4 Dimensions, gradients, and summations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword to the Princeton Science Library edition ix
4. Preface xv
5. CHAPTER 1 Constraints and opportunities 1
6. CHAPTER 2 A variety of variables 14
7. CHAPTER 3 Size and shape 38
8. CHAPTER 4 Dimensions, gradients, and summations 60
9. CHAPTER 5 Gases and liquids 82
10. CHAPTER 6 Viscosity and flow 105
11. CHAPTER 7 Pressure and flow 130
12. CHAPTER 8 Diffusion versus convection 158
13. CHAPTER 9 A matter of materials 177
14. CHAPTER 10 Arranging structures 201
15. CHAPTER 11 Insinuations about curves 225
16. CHAPTER 12 Systems of support 242
17. CHAPTER 13 The mechanics of motility 254
18. CHAPTER 14 Staying put and getting away 277
19. CHAPTER 15 Energy and afterthoughts 298
20. APPENDIX 1 Notes on numbers 316
21. APPENDIX 2 Problems and demonstrations 327
22. List of symbols 342
23. References and index of citations 343
24. Subject index 353