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OverviewThis 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 Bones. Crucially, Currey shows how bone structure and bone's mechanical properties are intimately bound up with each other and how the mechanical properties of the material interact with the structure of whole bones to produce an adapted structure. For bone tissue, the book discusses stiffness, strength, viscoelasticity, fatigue, and fracture mechanics properties. For whole bones, subjects dealt with include buckling, the optimum hollowness of long bones, impact fracture, and properties of cancellous bone. The effects of mineralization on stiffness and toughness and the role of microcracking in the fracture process receive particular attention. As a zoologist, Currey views bone and bones as solutions to the design problems that vertebrates have faced during their evolution and throughout the book considers what bones have been adapted to do.He covers the full range of bones and bony tissues, as well as dentin and enamel, and uses both human and non-human examples. Copiously illustrated, engagingly written, and assuming little in the way of prior knowledge or mathematical background, Bones is both an ideal introduction to the field and also a reference sure to be frequently consulted by practicing researchers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John D. CurreyPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.624kg ISBN: 9780691128047ISBN 10: 0691128049 Pages: 456 Publication Date: 23 July 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsCurrey's book admirably accomplishes the goal of making the vast field of research into bone mechanics and adaptations accessible to serious investigators in other disciplines... It conveys the contagious enthusiasm of a mentor guiding his reader into the heart of his specialty. -- Mary W. Marzke American Journal of Human Biology A remarkable summary of bone structure and mechanics, full of interesting insights and creative thoughts to spark dozens of dissertations. I am glad to have it on my shelf. -- R. Bruce Martin Journal of Biomechanics """Currey's book admirably accomplishes the goal of making the vast field of research into bone mechanics and adaptations accessible to serious investigators in other disciplines... It conveys the contagious enthusiasm of a mentor guiding his reader into the heart of his specialty.""--Mary W. Marzke, American Journal of Human Biology ""A remarkable summary of bone structure and mechanics, full of interesting insights and creative thoughts to spark dozens of dissertations. I am glad to have it on my shelf.""--R. Bruce Martin, Journal of Biomechanics" Currey's book admirably accomplishes the goal of making the vast field of research into bone mechanics and adaptations accessible to serious investigators in other disciplines... It conveys the contagious enthusiasm of a mentor guiding his reader into the heart of his specialty. -- Mary W. Marzke American Journal of Human Biology A remarkable summary of bone structure and mechanics, full of interesting insights and creative thoughts to spark dozens of dissertations. I am glad to have it on my shelf. -- R. Bruce Martin Journal of Biomechanics Author InformationJohn D. Currey is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of York. He is the author of Animal Skeletons and The Mechanical Adaptations of Bones (Princeton) and a coauthor of Mechanical Design in Organisms (Princeton). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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