Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The designed world
- 2 Energy
- 3 Materials
- 4 Mechanism
- 5 Structures
- 6 Systems
- 7 The practice, principles and philosophy of design
- 8 Economy, form and beauty
- 9 Production, reproduction, evolution and design
- 10 Designing and inventing
- 11 Some case studies
- Questions
- Answers
- Suggestions for further reading
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The designed world
- 2 Energy
- 3 Materials
- 4 Mechanism
- 5 Structures
- 6 Systems
- 7 The practice, principles and philosophy of design
- 8 Economy, form and beauty
- 9 Production, reproduction, evolution and design
- 10 Designing and inventing
- 11 Some case studies
- Questions
- Answers
- Suggestions for further reading
- Index
Summary
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- Invention and EvolutionDesign in Nature and Engineering, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994