Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Ka...
Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Ka...
Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Kathryn K. Davis with the author.
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Publisher
New York : Norton, c1998.
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T0393811
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Language
English
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Physical content
382 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Noncoincident Worlds -- 2. Two Schools of Design -- 3. The Matter of Magnitude -- 4. Surfaces, Angles, and Corners -- 5. The Stiff and the Soft -- 6. Two Routes to Rigidity -- 7. Pulling versus Pushing -- 8. Engines for the Mechanical Worlds -- 9. Putting Engines to Work -- 10. About Pumps, Jets,...
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Publisher
New York : Norton, c1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Our human technology has emerged from ten thousand years of design, trial, and error. Nature's mechanical designs, the function of plants and animals are billions of years older. Both "technologies" share the same physical environment - the same materials, atmosphere, and temperature range - and both are subject to the same gravitational pull. But...
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Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Kathryn K. Davis with the author.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-362) and index.
Transferred from N571.43/2.
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Date Copyright
c1998.
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T0393811
Record Identifier
74VMyqwQw83M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMyqwQw83M
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ISBN
0393046419
9780393046410
DDC
571.43
MMS ID
991001974609702626
