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How was movement controlled before Newton?

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Lloyd D. Partridge
Lloyd D. Partridge
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Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn. 38163
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 1982 , pp. 561
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