Vogel, Steven, <br/><br/>
Cats' paws and catapults :  mechanical worlds of nature and people / 
Steven Vogel ; illustrated by Kathryn K. Davis with the author. 
 - New York :  Norton,  2000,  
 - 382 pages :  illustrations, graphs ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393319903 9780393319903 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biomechanics.<br/>Mechanics.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>571.43  / V879