Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Kathryn K. Davis with the author.
Title:
Cats' paws and catapults : mechanical worlds of nature and people / Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Kathryn K. Davis with the author.
Personal Author:
Publication:
New York : Norton, 2000.
Copyright:
©1998
Publication Date:
2000
ISBN:
9780393319903
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index.
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.
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
Language:
English
