Biomimicry: innovation inspired by nature 9780061958922, 0061958921
Biomimicry is a revolutionary new science that analyzes nature's best ideas--spider silk and eyes, seashells and br
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English Year 2009
Table of 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?: fitting form to functio : weaving fibers like a spider --
How will we heal ourselves?: experts in our midst : finding cures like a chimp --
Will we store what we learn?: dances with molecules : computing like a cell --
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.
