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Why the Wheel is Round: Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move.
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Why the Wheel is Round: Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move. Hardcover - 2016

by VOGEL, Steven

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The University of Chicago Press, 2016. Hardcover. Very good condition in dustjacket. 327pp. ISBN-13 9780226381039. .
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  • Title Why the Wheel is Round: Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move.
  • Author VOGEL, Steven
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The University of Chicago Press, 2016, Chicago, Ill
  • Date 2016
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 75826
  • ISBN 9780226381039 / 022638103X
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Biomechanics, Rotational motion
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016005058
  • Dewey Decimal Code 612.76

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About the author

Steven Vogel (1940-2015) was James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of biology at Duke University. His books include Cats' Paws and Catapults, Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds, and The Life of a Leaf, the latter also published by the University of Chicago Press.