Human Body Dynamics - Classical Mechanics and Human Movement ( Springer).pdf

Human Body Dynamics
Aydın Tözeren
Human Body Dynamics
Classical Mechanics and
Human Movement
With 177 Illustrations
Aydın Tözeren
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064
USA
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Illustrations by Dr. Rukmini Rao Mirotznik. Cover photo © copyright
Laurie Rubin/The Image Bank.
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Tözeren, Aydın.
Human body dynamics : classical mechanics and human movement /
Aydın Tözeren.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-387-98801-7 (alk. paper)
1. Human mechanics. I. Title.
1999
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Preface
“The human