Nature and Design: Volume 1 (Design & Nature) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 185312852X ISBN 13: 9781853128523

Publisher: WIT Press, 2004

Synopsis

This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the common scientific laws of both the natural and engineered worlds. As well as straightforward engineering design and biology, it also features mathematics, physics, chemistry, thermodynamics, biomimetics, medical engineering and history of science. The individual chapters are intended to be personal 'flashes' of illumination, combining authority, inspiration and state-of-the-art knowledge.

About this title

Synopsis

As the first volume in a series focusing on how "nature, nature's laws and the use of nature's laws in human design all have the capacity to enlighten, inform, and inspire us," Collins (engineering systems, London South Bank U.) introduces eight chapters examining examples of creative design in endeavors from hybrid cars to Darwin's and da Vinci's

Edition details

• Publisher: WIT Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185312852X
• ISBN 13: 9781853128523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Collins M. W., Atherton M. A., Bryant J. A.