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ERIC Number: EJ1321457
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
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Conservation of Energy Yields the Incubation Time and Embryonic Metabolism in Birds and Tyrannosaur Dinosaurs from the Geometry of the Egg
Lee, Scott; Thomas, Joshua; Cooley, Max; Irving, Richard
Physics Teacher, v59 n7 p548-551 Oct 2021
Exciting examples of physics principles illuminate the power and scope of our discipline. In this paper, we discuss a conservation of energy example for an introductory course. Energy conservation is applied to bird and dinosaur eggs to derive a method to predict the incubation period and the embryonic metabolism solely from the egg geometry. The power of this fundamental principle to yield insights into a biological example helps to demonstrate the utility of conservation of energy.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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