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![Cats' Paws And Catapults: Mechanical Worlds Of Nature And People by Steven Vogel](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCRlR0T0FFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--07452281672cbd751dcbb5895706b64ab01e384a/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Cats'%20Paws%20And%20Catapults-%20Mechanical%20Worlds%20Of%20Nature%20And%20People.jpg)
379 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140277333
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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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![Cats' Paws And Catapults: Mechanical Worlds Of Nature And People by Steven Vogel](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCRlR0T0FFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--07452281672cbd751dcbb5895706b64ab01e384a/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Cats'%20Paws%20And%20Catapults-%20Mechanical%20Worlds%20Of%20Nature%20And%20People.jpg)
379 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780140277333
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: Not specified
Description
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...