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040 _aB-IKIAM
041 _aENG
082 0 4 _a571.43
_bV879
100 1 _aVogel, Steven,
245 1 0 _aCats' paws and catapults :
_bmechanical worlds of nature and people /
_cSteven Vogel ; illustrated by Kathryn K. Davis with the author.
260 _aNew York :
_bNorton,
_c2000,
300 _a382 pages :
_billustrations, graphs ;
_c21 cm
505 0 _aNoncoincident 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.
650 0 _aBiomechanics.
650 0 _aMechanics.
942 _2ddc
_aB-IKIAM
_b22-1-2018
_cBK
_zbv.