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Cat's Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People |
| Author: |
Vogel, S. |
| ISBN: |
0393319903 |
| Publisher: |
W.W. Norton & Company |
| URL: |
http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Paws-Catapults-Mechanical-Worlds/dp/0393319903 |
| Year: |
1998; 2000 |
| Description: |
The author examines the 'mechanical worlds of nature and people' in such chapters as 'The Stiff and the Soft' and 'The Matter of Magnitude.' Line-drawing illustrations help readers understand the examples used to answer questions of animal and machine efficiency, design and repair. This book is filled with intriguing answers to such hidden questions, and curious readers will eagerly dive into the investigations of whether nature or human design is superior and why the two technologies have diverged so much. |
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