Tag: human body
A Neurosurgeon and an Engineer Explore Your Body’s Intelligent Design
Dr. Michael Egnor makes the surprising confession that his medical library is full of engineering texts.
A Physician’s Fantastic Voyage through Your Designed Body
Begin by piling up the layers of complexity in the human body — the layer upon layer of complex interdependent systems.
The Human Body Handles Its Supply Chain Beautifully. Why Can’t Humans Do the Same?
We’ve lived for a couple of years now with the supply chain disaster, generated by COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates.
Your Designed Body: Hearing Is a Symphony of Parts
The human ear can detect sound when the eardrum is displaced by as little as one-tenth the diameter of a single hydrogen atom.
Listen: “Design Errors” in the Human Body?
Nathan Lents often ignores something basic to engineering — the necessity of design tradeoffs.