TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vogel,Steven
TI  - Cats' paws and catapults: mechanical worlds of nature and people 
SN  - 0393319903
U1  - 571.43 
PY  - 2000///,
CY  - New York
PB  - Norton
KW  - Biomechanics
KW  - Mechanics
N1  - 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
ER  -