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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 January 2010
      15 September 1994
      ISBN:
      9780511624261
      9780521469111
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511624261
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      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.802kg, 388 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Engineering, Engineering Design, Kinematics, and Robotics, Engineering: General Interest
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    This textbook for engineering students provides an introduction to design for function, using many examples of manufactured artefacts and living organisms to demonstrate common themes and fundamental principles. Examples forcefully illustrate the importance of the basic design principles related to materials, energy and information. The author also discusses the relation of aesthetic and functional design, the crucial relation of design to production in artefacts, and reproduction in organisms. The book concludes with a brief summary of the role and requirements of designers and inventors. This second edition has been extensively revised, with more examples and a new chapter with actual design case studies to illustrate key ideas. In addition, many exercises have been added to help reinforce important points in the text.

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    Review of the first edition:'This book is strongly recommended for students and practitioner alike. It is studded with gems of information and fascinating comparisons well illustrated both in the diagrams and the text.'

    Source: Engineering Design Education and Training

    Review of the first edition:'Indeed it deserves the same wide audience as J. E. Gordon's brilliant popular classic: The Science of Strong Materials and Structures. It deals largely with different aspects of design but it resembles them in its clarity, wisdom, humour, and in its astonishing range of examples.'

    Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

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