Secret Design Rules of Nature (Optimum Shapes without computers)

The latest little gem by Claus Mattheck looks at the rules implicit in nature’s solutions to design problems.
Aimed at the craftsman as much as the builder or engineer he demonstrates using simple graphical methods how the rules underlying appropriate shape and form in the natural world can be applied to man made designs.

138pp. Small format paperback. Colour illustration and photographs throughout
9783923704620