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. 1998 Jan;278(1):48-57.
doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0198-48.

The architecture of life

D E Ingber  1
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The architecture of life

D E Ingber. Sci Am. 1998 Jan.

Abstract

NASA: The role of tensegrity in the architecture of organic structures is examined. Topics include a definition of tensegrity, principles of tensegrity applied to the skeleton and cytoskeleton, mechanics in biochemistry, self-assembly of organic structures, geodesic forms in cellular structure, and the universality of the geodesic form.

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