Cats' Paws And Catapults: Mechanical Worlds Of Nature And People by Steven Vogel

Cats' Paws And Catapults: Mechanical Worlds Of Nature And People

Steven Vogel

379 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction science informative slow-paced
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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. This text introduces us to the world o...

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