An Inventor in the Garden of Eden

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Hardcover | 31 October 1994

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Eric Laithwaite takes the reader on a guided tour through the mysteries of invention, stopping off to examine the laws of nature and engineering. He shows how many of our inventions are based on designs which were evolved by the natural world over millions of years. In fact we learn that the natural world has often found more efficient answers than ourselves to taxing engineering problems. The shapes and sizes of both natural and man-made objects are largely dictated by the size and weight of the Earth and by the properties of materials. An Inventor in the Garden of Eden crosses many boundaries; the author discusses natural history and engineering, religion, economics and cosmology. He also deals with such fundamental topics as habit, experience, wisdom and civilisation. This book dispells the myths surrounding the belief that human inventions are superior to anything that evolution has produced in the living world.

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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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