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Why the Wheel Is Round: Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move
Why the Wheel Is Round Muscles Technology and How We Make Things Move
Author: Steven Vogel
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, humans have developed technologies powered by huma...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226381039
ISBN-10: 022638103X
Publication Date: 10/24/2016
Pages: 344
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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