Why the Wheel Is Round : Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move /

There is no part of our bodies that fully rotates-be it a wrist or ankle or arm in a shoulder socket, we are made to twist only so far. And yet there is no more fundamental human invention than the wheel-a rotational mechanism that accomplishes what our physical form cannot. Throughout history, huma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vogel, Steven (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]
Temas:
Biomechanics.
Rotational motion.
SCIENCE / General.
rotation, mobility, wheels, muscles, science, anatomy, movement, technology, crank, crane, cart, capstan, push and pull, gears, hand spikes, treadwheels, hurdy-gurdies, ballista, trebuchets, mechanics, innovation, biomechanics, engineering, paddlewheel, reading machines, invention, discovery, joints, axel, ropes, horse ferries, lathes, bow drills, quern, nonfiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Circling Bodies
  • 2. Wheels and Wagons
  • 3. Turning Points- and Pots
  • 4. Going in Circles
  • 5. Or Being Encircled
  • 6. Grabbing Again and Again
  • 7. Turning and Unturning
  • 8. The True Crank
  • 9. Spinning Fibers
  • 10. A Few More Turns
  • 11. Rolling Back Rotation
  • Appendix: Making Models
  • Notes
  • References

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