Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature /
Benyus, Janine M.
Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / Janine M. Benyus. - 308 pages : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Science writer and lecturer Janine Benyus names and explains this phenomenon. She takes us into the lab and out in the field with cutting-edge researchers as they stir vats of proteins to unleash their computing power; analyse how electrons zipping around a leaf cell convert sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they’re sick; study the hardy prairie as a model for low-maintenance agriculture; and more.
0688160999
Biomimicry
Technological innovations
Human ecology
Nature
TS173.8 / .B45 1998
Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / Janine M. Benyus. - 308 pages : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Science writer and lecturer Janine Benyus names and explains this phenomenon. She takes us into the lab and out in the field with cutting-edge researchers as they stir vats of proteins to unleash their computing power; analyse how electrons zipping around a leaf cell convert sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they’re sick; study the hardy prairie as a model for low-maintenance agriculture; and more.
0688160999
Biomimicry
Technological innovations
Human ecology
Nature
TS173.8 / .B45 1998
