Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature
Record details
- ISBN: 0060533226 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780060533229 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
308 pages ; 21 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Perennial, 2002.
- Copyright: ©1997
Content descriptions
General Note: | First published by William Morrow in 1997 ; First Quill edition published 1998 ; reissued in Perennial 2002. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-300) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Ch. 1. Echoing Nature: Why Biomimicry Now? -- Ch. 2. How Will We Feed Ourselves? Farming to Fit the Land: Growing Food Like a Prairie -- Ch. 3. How Will We Harness Energy? Light into Life: Gathering Energy Like a Leaf -- Ch. 4. How Will We Make Things? Fitting Form to Function: Weaving Fibers Like a Spider -- Ch. 5. How Will We Heal Ourselves? Experts in Our Midst: Finding Cures Like a Chimp -- Ch. 6. How Will We Store What We Learn? Dances with Molecules: Computing Like a Cell -- Ch. 7. How Will We Conduct Business? Closing the Loops in Commerce: Running a Business Like a Redwood Forest -- Ch. 8. Where Will We Go from Here? May Wonders Never Cease: Toward a Biomimetic Future. |
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Subject: | Biomimicry Technological innovations Human ecology Nature |
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