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Author Clegg, Brian, author.

Title Biomimetics : how lessons from nature can transform technology / Brian Clegg.

Publication Info. London : Icon, 2023.
©2023
1 hold on first copy returned of 1 copy
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3091496~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction-NEW  570.15 CLE    DUE 05-17-24
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Description 163 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series Hot science
Hot science (London, England)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index.
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.
Summary "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.
Subject Biomimetics -- Popular works.
Biotechnology -- Popular works.
Biomimicry -- Popular works.
ISBN 9781785789892 (paperback)
1785789899 (paperback)
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