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A practical guide to vertebrate mechanics
- Title
- A practical guide to vertebrate mechanics / Christopher McGowan ; illustrations by Julian Mulock.
- Author
- McGowan, Christopher.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QL805 .M36 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 301 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index.
- Contents
- Matter of scale -- Elasticity -- Measuring the strengths of materials -- How things break -- Bone as a composite material -- Structures and loads -- Engineering a skeleton -- Friction, lubrication, and joints -- Muscles: the driving force of skeletons -- Terrestrial locomotion -- Fluid flow -- Flight and flying -- Swimming and swimmers.
- ISBN
- 0521571944 (hardback)
- 0521576733 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 98029462
- OCLC
- ocm39498461
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries