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008 980708s1999 enka b 001 0 eng ;

010 a| 98029462;

015 a| GB99-65643;

016 a| 000121673;

020 a| 0521571944 (hardback);

020 a| 0521576733 (paperback);

035 a| (Sirsi) o39498461;

035 a| (OCoLC)39498461;

049 a| EREE;

050 00 a| QL805b| .M36 1999;

055 01 a| QL805;

082 00 a| 571.3/1962| 21;

092 a| 571.3196b| M17p;

100 1 a| McGowan, Christopher.=| ^A63112;

245 12 a| A practical guide to vertebrate mechanics /c| Christopher McGowan ; illustrations by Julian Mulock.;

260 a| Cambridge, UK ;a| New York, NY, USA :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 1999.;

300 a| xiii, 301 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 26 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

650 0 a| Vertebratesx| Morphology.=| ^A5670;

650 0 a| Vertebratesx| Physiology.=| ^A8427;

650 0 a| Animal mechanics.=| ^A46843;

650 4 a| Animal mechanics.;

650 4 a| Vertebratesx| Morphology.;

650 4 a| Vertebratesx| Physiology.;

994 a| E0b| ERE;

590 a| Little-317607--305131017529.;

596 a| 1 2;

998 a| 787292;

999 a| QL805 .M36 1999w| LCc| 1i| 30372011161293d| 4/30/2012l| JGESm| JOYNERp| $39.95q| 1r| Ys| Yt| JGESBKu| 3/2/2001x| BOOKz| JSTACKSo| .STAFF. 0;

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

Author/creator	McGowan, Christopher
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description	xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects	Vertebrates--Morphology. Vertebrates--Physiology. Animal mechanics. Animal mechanics. Vertebrates--Morphology. Vertebrates--Physiology.

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.
Local note	Little-317607--305131017529.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index.
LCCN	98029462
ISBN	0521571944 (hardback)
ISBN	0521576733 (paperback)

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