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Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / Janine M. Benyus.
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Benyus, Janine M.
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English
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New York : Perennial, 2002, ©1997.
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308 pages ; 21 cm
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Engineering Library - Stacks
T173.8 .B45 2002
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Summary note
Introduces some of the men and women who are working in the field of biomimicry--a science that studies nature's models and then imitates them to solve human problems--and considers the implications of such studies for the future of mankind.
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Originally published by William Morrow in 1997 ; First Quill edition published 1998 ; reissued in Perennial 2002.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-300) and index.
Contents
Echoing nature : why biomimicry now?
How will we feed ourselves? : farming to fit the land : growing food like a prairie
How will we harness energy? : light into life : gathering energy like a leaf
How will we make things? : fitting form to function : weaving fibers like a spider
How will we heal ourselves? : experts in our midst : finding cures like a chimp
How will we store what we learn? : dances with molecules : computing like a cell
How will we conduct business? : closing the loops in commerce : running a business like a redwood forest
Where will we go from here? : may wonders never cease : toward a biomimetic future.
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0060533226 ((pbk.))
9780060533229 ((pbk.))
OCLC
51226447
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