Benyus, Janine M. <br/><br/>
Biomimicry :  innovation inspired by nature / 
Janine M. Benyus. 
 - 308 pages :  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0688160999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biomimicry<br/>Technological innovations<br/>Human ecology<br/>Nature
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TS173.8  / .B45 1998