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Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / Janine M. Benyus.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Perennial, 2002, c1997.Description: 308 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060533226 (pbk.)
  • 9780060533229 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 608
  • 600 21
LOC classification:
  • T173.8 .B45*
Other classification:
  • WD 2350
  • WH 3700
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Karen H. Huntsman Library Main Book Collection - Second Level 608 B448 1 Available 38060007348592
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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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