An Inventor in the Garden of Eden

By: E. R. Laithwaite, Eric Laithwaite, Laithwaite Eric

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Hardcover | 31 October 1994

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We oftentimes think that human inventions are an improvement on nature. In fact, many of humankind's most clever inventions have been anticipated by nature. In this book, Professor Laithwaite takes a new look at the natural world from an engineer's point of view. He questions conventional science in such fundamental topics as logic, habit, memory, simplicity, experience, absolute size, wisdom, and civilization. On the way to arriving at his conclusions, Dr. Laithwaite crosses the boundaries of engineering, biology, religion, economics, and cosmology. Filled with truly fascinating anecdotes and examples, this thought-provoking book will have special appeal to the general reader with an inquiring mind.

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' ... a very personal book, unclassifiable, unscholarly, but unfailingly interesting.' Times Higher Education Supplement

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Science, Technology & Medicine Biographies Science Science in General Popular Science Nature & The Natural World Impact of Science & Technology on Society History of Science Biology, Life Sciences Molecular Biology

Gardens of Eden
The human thinker
Human laws and the rules of God
Size is everything
Our assessment of ourselves
Topology - the master discipline
Growth and decay
Nature - master technologist
Into the complex
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