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Main Title Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature /
Author Benyus, Janine M.
Publisher Perennial,
Year Published 2002
OCLC Number 51226447
ISBN 0060533226 (pbk.) 9780060533229 (pbk.)
Subjects Technological innovations ; Human ecology ; Nature
Holdings
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EKBM  T173.8.B45 2002 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 04/13/2007
ESAM  T173.8.B45 2002 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 01/23/2004
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.
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.