Main entry:

Vogel, Steven, 1940-2015, author, illustrator.

Title & Author:

Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Kathryn K. Davis with the author.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Norton, ©1998.

Description:

382 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index.
Noncoincident worlds -- Two schools of design -- The matter of magnitude -- Surfaces, angles, and corners -- The 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.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Explores the differences in the mechanical workings of nature and technology and attempts to determine whether the designs of nature, such as the functions of animals; or the designs of man, such as the functions of cars; should be viewed as superior.

ISBN:

0393046419
9780393046410
9780393319903
0393319903

Subject:

Biomechanics.
Mechanics.
Biomechanical Phenomena
Biomécanique.
Mécanique.
mechanics (physics)
Biomechanica.
morfologie
morphology
gereedschappen
tools
mechanica
mechanics

Added entries:

Davis, Kathryn K., illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204730
Call No.: QH513 .V64 1998
Status: Available