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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b10811826.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-362) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "382 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0393046419".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Norton,".
- catalog subject "571.4/3 21".
- catalog subject "Biomechanics.".
- catalog subject "Mechanics.".
- catalog subject "QH513 .V64 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people / by Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Kathryn K. Davis with the author.".
- catalog type "text".