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Insects, small-scale physics

Reference

4075

Duration

00:26:00

Production year

2013

Original material

HD
16/9
Color
Sound

Summary

At the Institut de Recherche de Biologie de l'Insecte (Insect Biology Research Institute), under the direction of Jérôme Casas, biologists, ecologists and mathematicians work on physical ecology. They ' re interested in the solid and fluid mechanics of insect life (12 min).

Bonus :
- The antlion, wave propagation in sand (7 min.)
- The wood-cricket : wave propagation in the air (7 min.)

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