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Introductory Biomechanics: From Cells to Organisms (Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering)

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I bought this book because it had significant discounts here on Amazon and, from various previews, seemed to cover the material that my biomechanics course covered. My class uses a biomechanics book by YC Fung, but that book is far too dense and unclear; Fung often dives into topics without establishing clear reasons why.

This book is well made. It covers many of the same topics that Fung covers in his book, but without the ambiguous mathematical explanations Fung uses. The math that is used here is clearly explained and justified. It goes into the level of depth that is appropriate for an undergraduate without much background in biology. Overall, it's a great book that hopefully becomes a primary textbook for biomechanics classes, and it makes a great, cheap (at least for now) supplement to any biomechanics course, especially if your course uses a YC Fung book.

I needed a very basic introduction to biomechanics that covers not only topics on the macroscopic behavior of biological tissues but also the microstructure of tissues. This book does a very good job in building the multi-scaling structure of tissues. Very pleased!