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Steven Vogel

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April 07, 1940 in Beacon, New York, The United States

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http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/svogel

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Steven Vogel is James B. Duke Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Biology at Duke University.

As it has turned out, my activities as a teacher and writer have extended well beyond the explication of the immediate results of research. The first two of my seven books, A Functional Bestiary: Laboratory Studies about Living Systems and A Model Menagerie: Laboratory Studies about Living Systems, provide eclectic material for teaching laboratories in introductory biology. The third, Life in Moving Fluids, finds most use as an entry point into fluid mechanics; it is now in its second (much enlarged) edition. The fourth,...more Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Steven Vogel is James B. Duke Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Biology at Duke University.

As it has turned out, my activities as a teacher and writer have extended well beyond the explication of the immediate results of research. The first two of my seven books, A Functional Bestiary: Laboratory Studies about Living Systems and A Model Menagerie: Laboratory Studies about Living Systems, provide eclectic material for teaching laboratories in introductory biology. The third, Life in Moving Fluids, finds most use as an entry point into fluid mechanics; it is now in its second (much enlarged) edition. The fourth, Life's Devices, takes comparative biomechanics as a paradigm for thinking about science, using the very mundanity of the subject to draw in non-scientists rather than presenting them with some system of revelation. The book was generated through a course given to adults in a non-specialist master's program and is now in use in a variety of undergraduate courses; it was selected by a science-oriented book club and has won a substantial award. Material in that book reappears in expanded and more sophisticated form in my recent undergraduate textbook, Comparative Biomechanics. The fifth, Vital Circuits, is of a deliberately less pedagogical character; it's about circulatory systems, whose disabilities are of widespread interest. But it uses them as a vehicle to talk in biological rather than pathological terms and to illustrate how a such a subject is viewed by a biological scientist in contrast to a journalist or a physician. Cats' Paws and Catapults, also aimed at the general reader, compares the mechanical technologies of nature with that of humans. Prime Mover, another trade book, tries to link the biomechanics and physiology of muscle to the role it has played in human activities. Finally, I've written for more popular publications, such as Natural History and Discover, attempting to create pieces that explain science rather than merely reporting on the current activities of scientists, and I've become involved with several science museums, again in activities aimed at explaining science as part of contemporary culture. Two additional books, both aimed at a general scientific readership, are currently in gestation.(less)

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Average rating: 3.71 · 70 ratings · 6 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People by Steven Vogel, Kathryn K. Davis (Illustrator) 3.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Life's Devices: The Physical World of Animals and Plants by Steven Vogel, Rosemary A. Calvert (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Life in Moving Fluids: The Physical Biology of Flow 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	Streetwear 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Vital Circuits: On Pumps, Pipes, and the Workings of Circulatory Systems 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Life of a Leaf 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	Von Grashalmen Und Hochhusern: Mechanische Schpfungen in Natur Und Technik 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Ancas y Palancas - Mecanica Natural y Mecanica H by Steven Vogel, Kathryn K. Davis 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	My rating: