Screen LibraryNature and design
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| Group Author: | ; ; ; |
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WIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Southampton Boston |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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International series on design and nature ; 1 |
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| Carrier Form: | 325 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 185312852X |
| Index Number: | TB21 |
| CLC: | TB21 |
| Call Number: | TB21/N285 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references. What is design? / C. Dowlen & M. Atherton -- Mathematics in the natural world / J. Gomatam & F. Amdjadi -- The laws of thermodynamics : cell energy transfer / J. Mikielewicz, J.A. Stasiek & M.W. Collins -- Robustness and complexity / M. Atherton & R. Bates -- D'Arcy Thompson : nature and design through growth and form / M.A.J. Chaplain -- Design in plants / D.F. Cutler -- The tree as an engineering structure / D. Hunt -- The homeostatic model as a tool for the design and analysis of shell structures / O.A. Andraes, N.F. Ortega & J.C. Paloto -- Adaptive growth / J. Platts -- Optical reflectors and antireflectors in animals / A.R. Parker & N. Martini -- A medical engineering project in the field of cardiac assistance : a lumped-parameter model of the Guldner muscle-powered pump trainer and its use with a ventricular assist device / C.D. Bertram & J.P. Armitstead -- Leonardo da Vinci / W. Grassi & M. Collins -- The evolution of land-based locomotion : the relationship between form and aerodynamics for animals and vehicles with particular reference to solar powered cars / D. Andrews, A. Shacklock & P.D. Ewing -- Creativity and nature / C. Dowlen |