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Bones : : Structure and Mechanics / / John D. Currey.

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This is a comprehensive and accessible overview of what is known about the structure and mechanics of bone, bones, and teeth. In it, John Currey incorporates critical new concepts and findings from the two decades of research since the publication of his highly regarded The Mechanical Adaptations of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Currey, John D.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2002
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.) :; 151 line illus. 38 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  • PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter One. The Structure of Bone Tissue
  • Chapter Two. The Mechanical Properties of Materials
  • Chapter Three. The Mechanical Properties of Bone
  • Chapter Four. The Adaptation of Mechanical Properties to Different Functions
  • Chapter Five. Cancellous Bone
  • Chapter Six. The Properties of Allied Tissues
  • Chapter Seven. The Shapes of Bones
  • Chapter Eight. Articulations
  • Chapter Nine. Bones, Tendons, and Muscles
  • Chapter Ten. Safety Factors and Scaling Effects in Bones
  • Chapter Eleven. Modeling and Reconstruction
  • Chapter Twelve. Summing up
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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