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Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People

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Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People - Vogel, Steven
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Human designers love right angles, but nature prefers to be round and curved; we like to be dry, whereas nature tends to be wet; we use wheels in diverse ways, but nature's only true wheels occur in bacteria. This text introduces us to the world of biomechanics and explains how physical law and historical accident became our world's most supreme architects.

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Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People 1999, Penguin Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780140277333

Mass-market paperback

Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People 1998, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393319903

Trade paperback

Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People 1998, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393046410

Hardcover