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Science 23 April 2004:
Vol. 304. no. 5670, p. 520
DOI: 10.1126/science.1095993
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BIOMECHANICS:
Life Among the Formulae of Physics

A review by Julian F. V. Vincent

Comparative Biomechanics Life's Physical World
by Steven Vogel
Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2003. 592 pp. $60, £39.95. ISBN 0-691-11297-5.

In this comprehensive introduction to biomechanics, Vogel covers both fluid and solid mechanics as well as the properties of biological materials. With his usual style and wit, he discusses the use of methods and models adapted from physics and mechanical engineering to explore how organisms move and function.
The reviewer is at the Centre for Biomimetic and Natural Technologies, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. E-mail: j.f.v.vincent{at}bath.ac.uk

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)