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Innovation Inspired By Nature
Harper Perennial
September 2002
On Sale: September 1, 2002
320 pages
ISBN: 0060533226
EAN: 9780060533229
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Non-Fiction
Biomimicry is a revolutionary new science that analyzes
nature's best ideas -- spider silk and prairie grass,
seashells and brain cells -- and adapts them for human use.
Science writer and lecturer Janine Benyus takes us into the
lab and out in the field with the maverick researchers who
are applying nature's ingenious solutions to the problem of
human survival: stirring vats of proteins to unleash their
signaling power in computers; analyzing how spiders
manufacture a waterproof fiber five times stronger than
steel; studying how electrons in a leaf cell convert
sunlight to fuel in trillionths of a second; discovering
miracle drugs by observing what animals eat -- and much
more. The products of biomimicry are things we can all
use -- medicines, "smart" computers, super-strong materials,
profitable and earth-friendly business. Biomimicry
eloquently shows that the answers are all around us.
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