Biomimetics : how lessons from nature can transform technology

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Title:

Author:

Clegg, Brian, author.

Series:

Hot science

Hot science (London, England)

Publication Date:

2023

Publication Information:

London : Icon, 2023.

Physical Description:

163 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

ISBN:

9781785789892

Abstract:

"An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind. Biomimetics literally means emulating biology and in a broader sense the term covers technological advances where the original inspiration came from nature"-- Publisher's description.

Contents:

1. Better by nature -- 2. Evolution and technology -- 3. Materials (sticky or otherwise) -- 4. Pharmacopeia and food -- 5. Structures, shapes and networks -- 6. Optics -- 7. The copycat trap -- 8. Facts and futures.

Subject Term:

Biomimetics.

Biotechnology.

Biomimicry.

Language:

English

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