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RECORD NUMBER: 39 OF 518Main Title | Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / | ||||||||||||||||
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Author | Benyus, Janine M. | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | Perennial, | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 51226447 | ||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 0060533226 (pbk.) 9780060533229 (pbk.) | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Technological innovations ; Human ecology ; Nature | ||||||||||||||||
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Collation | 308 p. ; 21 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
Notes | Originally published by William Morrow in 1997 ; First Quill edition published 1998 ; reissued in Perennial 2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. {299}-300) and index. |
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Contents Notes | ch.1. Echoing nature : why biomimicry now? -- ch.2. How will we feed ourselves? : farming to fit the land : growing food like a prairie -- ch. 3. How will we harness energy? : light into life : gathering energy like a leaf -- ch. 4. How will we make things? fitting form to function : finding cures like a chimp -- ch. 5. How will we heal ourselves? : experts in our midst : finding cures like a chimp -- ch. 6. How will we store what we learn? : Dances with molecules : computing like a cell -- ch. 7. How will we conduct business? closing the loops in commerce : running a business like a redwood forest -- ch. 8. Where will we go from here? : may wonders never cease : toward a biomimetic future. |