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The shark's paintbrush : biomimicry and how nature is inspiring innovation
- Title
- The shark's paintbrush : biomimicry and how nature is inspiring innovation / Jay Harman.
- Author
- Harman, Jay.
- Publication
- Ashland, Oregon : White Cloud Press, [2013]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | T173.8 .H373 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 339 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- An introduction to the scientific practice through which natural models are inspiring innovative solutions to pressing industrial challenges examines such examples as wind turbines based on whale fins and cockroach-emulating prosthetic limbs.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : The nature of innovation -- The next industrial revolution -- Going with the flow -- Catching the worldwide wave -- Secrets from the sea -- Scales and feathers -- The bee's knees -- Spores and seeds -- Wampum -- The corporate jungle -- Dollar signs -- Reorganizing (your) business -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9781935952848
- 1935952846
- 9780385535717
- 0385535716
- LCCN
- 2012015185
- 99956437617
- OCLC
- 792880761
- ocn792880761
- SCSB-5722617
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries