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A practical guide to vertebrate mechanics / Christopher McGowan ; illustrations by Julian Mulock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999Description: xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521571944 (hardback)
  • 0521576733 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 571.3/196 21
LOC classification:
  • QL805 McG
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.
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Open Shelf Books Open Shelf Books Main Library -University of Zimbabwe Main Library Stack Room 2 Open Shelf QL805 McG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 36001329518

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index.

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.

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