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Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature

Title
Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / Janine M. Benyus.
Author
Benyus, Janine M.
Publication
New York : Perennial, 2002, c1997.

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Description
308 p.; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Technological innovations
  • Human ecology
  • Nature
Note
  • Originally published by William Morrow in 1997 ; First Quill edition published 1998 ; reissued in Perennial 2002.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-300) and index.
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.
Call Number
JSD 08-64
ISBN
  • 0060533226 (pbk.)
  • 9780060533229 (pbk.)
OCLC
51226447
Author
Benyus, Janine M.
Title
Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / Janine M. Benyus.
Imprint
New York : Perennial, 2002, c1997.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-300) and index.
Research Call Number
JSD 08-64
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