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Evolution produces organisms of varied sizes, and it is through evolution that the problem of adapting to that range of sizes is solved. The authors, an engineer and an biologist, consider the implications of size and shape for organisms, beginning with a discussion of the role of size in natural selection. This book analyzes why size appears to impose specific restrictions on shape (and shape on size), why there are certain shapes that are physical impossible for large organisms, and how natural selection and physical constraints ally to eliminate nature's less efficient shapes

Body size --- Life (Biology) --- Morphology (Animals) --- Botany --- Corps --- Vie (Biologie) --- Morphologie (Animaux) --- Botanique --- Morphology --- Grandeur --- Morphologie --- Plant morphology --- Body size. --- Plant morphology. --- Life (Biology). --- Morphology (Animals). --- Animal morphology --- Animals --- Body form in animals --- Zoology --- Animal size --- Size of body --- Morphology (Plants) --- Plants --- Size --- Biology --- Somatotypes --- Anthropometry