Cats' paws and catapults : (Record no. 7658)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780393319903 (pbk.) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 571.4 |
| Item number | VOG |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vogel, Steven. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Cats' paws and catapults : |
| Remainder of title | mechanical worlds of nature and people |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | W. W. Norton Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1998 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 382p., |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | https://wwnorton.co.uk/books/9780393319903-cats-paws-and-catapults |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Nature and humans build their devices with the same earthly materials and use them in the same air and water, pulled by the same gravity. Why, then, do their designs diverge so sharply? Humans, for instance, love right angles, while nature's angles are rarely right and usually rounded. Our technology goes around on wheels—and on rotating pulleys, gears, shafts, and cams—yet in nature only the tiny propellers of bacteria spin as true wheels. Our hinges turn because hard parts slide around each other, whereas nature's hinges (a rabbit's ear, for example) more often swing by bending flexible materials. In this marvelously surprising, witty book, Steven Vogel compares these two mechanical worlds, introduces the reader to his field of biomechanics, and explains how the nexus of physical law, size, and convenience of construction determine the designs of both people and nature. "This elegant comparison of human and biological technology will forever change the way you look at each."—Michael LaBarbera, American Scientist |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Biomechanics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mechanics |
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| Koha item type | Book |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 371 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 372 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | bill no. | bill date | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Date checked out |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Biology | 395/21-22 | 23/12/2021 | Plaksha University Library | Plaksha University Library | 15/01/2022 | T V Enterprises | 1346.57 | 571.4 VOG | 002586 | 09/07/2023 | 15/01/2022 | Book | ||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | Biology | 395/21-22 | 23/12/2021 | Plaksha University Library | Plaksha University Library | 15/01/2022 | T V Enterprises | 1346.57 | 1 | 571.4 VOG | 002587 | 23/11/2023 | 15/01/2022 | Book | 13/05/2023 |