Biomechanics is the study of the physical properties of all biological materials (including foodstuffs), and their employment in understanding biological design and function. I am an engineering scientist, interested in why things break, with limited knowledge in biological and other fields, but I have been fortunate for many years to collaborate with members of the Centre for Biomimetics at the University of Reading. There is much to learn by looking at how other people do similar tasks. It is a very broad canvas over which I attempt to demonstrate that separation of one part from another and the factors controlling separation – the mechanics of cutting – are basically the same, whatever the field and whatever the material. Examples are drawn from the engineering, physical and biological sciences, history and archaeology, palaeontology, medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry, and food technology. This book is about the deliberate or accidental cutting of all sorts of materials from ‘soft, compliant and weak’ to ‘hard, stiff and strong’.
Obsidian scalpel vs steel cut under microscope verification#
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Dedication For Philip, Richard and Ruth Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco Horace 65–8 BC ODES (book 4, poem 12 (a poem on the pleasures of Spring), lines 27-8) Mix a little foolishness with your serious moments Silliness in its place is charming (i.e don’t be po-faced all the time)īutterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands First edition 2009 Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.
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