Cats' Paws And Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature And People - Brossura

Vogel, Steven

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ISBN 10: 0140277331 ISBN 13: 9780140277333

Casa editrice: Penguin, 1999

Riassunto

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. In CATS' PAWS AND CATAPULTS Steven Vogelintroduces us to the world of biomechanics, and lucidly explains how physical law and historical accident became our world's most supreme architects. 'The cat's pyjamas' - New Scientist

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Steven Vogel is James B. Duke Professor of Biology at Duke University, North Carolina

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140277331
• ISBN 13: 9780140277333
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384