Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / Janine M. Benyus.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Perennial, 2002, c1997.Description: 308 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0060533226 (pbk.)
- 9780060533229 (pbk.)
- 608
- 600 21
- T173.8 .B45
- WD 2350
- WH 3700
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Karen H. Huntsman Library Main Book Collection - Second Level | T173.8 .B45 | 1 | Available | 38060007348592 |
Originally published by William Morrow in 1997 ; First Quill edition published 1998 ; reissued in Perennial 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-300) and index.
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.
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