文档介绍：(Eds.)-B,8010Graz,AustriaE-mail:Gerhard.******@-,DepartmentofMathematicsUniversityGardens,GlasgowG128QW,Scotland,UKE-mail:******@:2005934474ISBN-103-540-25194-4SpringerBerlinHeidelbergNewYorkISBN-13978-3-540-25194-,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation,broad-casting,reproductiononmicrofilmorinanyotherway,,1965,initscurrentversion,+BusinessMedia.©Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2006PrintedinGermanyTheuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantpro-:DatapreparedbytheAuthorandbySPIPublisherServicesCoverdesign:design&productionGmbH,HeidelbergPrintedonacid-freepaperSPIN1095679362/3141/SPIPublisherServices543210PrefaceThisbookcontainsacollectionofpapersthatwerepresentedattheIUTAMSymposiumonMechanicsofBiologicalTissue,whichwasheldinGraz,Aus-tria,fromJune27toJuly2,,ErnstMach,LudwigBoltzmann,ErwinSchr¨odingerandOttoKratkyspentpartsoftheirlives,whiletheculturallifeofGrazprovidedampleop-,whichisoneofthebestpreservedoldtowncentresinEurope,,research