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Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people
Title:
Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people
Author:
Vogel, Steven, 1940-
ISBN:
9780393319903
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Publication Information:
New York : Norton, 2000, c1998.
Physical Description:
382 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Noncoincident worlds -- Two schools of design -- Matter of magnitude -- Surfaces, angles, and corners --Stiff and the soft -- Two routes to rigidity -- Pulling versus pushing -- Engines for the mechanical worlds -- Putting engines to work -- About pumps, jets, and ships -- Making widgets -- Copying, in retrospect -- Copying, present and prospective -- Contrasts, convergences, and consequences.
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