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| #3234177 in Books | 2006-08-07 | 2006-09-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.99 x.72 x5.00l,.46 | File type: PDF | 356 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent Frontier Science Book|By J. head|This book is an excellent choice to explain a frontier area of Technology. In the realm of the miniature, specifically the nano realm, the realm between one millionth and one billionth of a meter, nature packs in a world of surprises that affect us in the real world. The author points out that as science and technology progess into t|||‘[Forbes has] An easy style and an innocence of jargon, and he treads softly on his scientists’ dreams. Forbes prefers the term “bio-inspiration” to “biomimetics”. The aim is not slavishly to imitate nature, but to learn fr
A cutting-edge science book in the style of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘Chaos’ from an exciting and accessible new voice in popular science writing.
Bio-inspiration is a form of engineering but not in the conventional sense. Extending beyond our established and preconceived notions, scientists, architects and engineers are looking at imitating nature by manufacturing 'wet' materials such as spider silk or the surface of the gecko's...
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