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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Perennial, 1997Description: 308 p. : 20 cmISBN:
  • 0-06-053322-6 (rústica)
  • 978-0-06-053322-9 (rústica)
Other title:
  • Biomimicry
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • T173.8 B45 1997
Contents:
chap. 1. Echoing nature : Why biomimicry now? -- chap. 2. How will we feed ourselves? : Farming to fit the land : growing food like a prairie -- chap. 3. How will we harness energy? : Light into life : gathering energy like a leaf -- chap. 4. How will we make things? : Fitting form to function : weaving fibers like a spider -- chap. 5. How will we heal ourselves? : Experts in our midst : finding cures like a chimp -- chap. 6. How will we store what we learn? : Dances with molecules : computing like a cell -- chap. 7. How will we conduct business? : Closing the loops in commerce : runnig a business like a redwood forest -- chap. 8. Where will we go from here? : May wonders never cease : toward a biomimetic future.
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Libros Libros Mediateca Bibliográfica T173.8 B45 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 8987
Libros Libros Mediateca Bibliográfica T173.8 B45 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5519
Libros Libros Mediateca Bibliográfica T173.8 B45 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5520

Bibliografía : p. [299]-300.

chap. 1. Echoing nature : Why biomimicry now? -- chap. 2. How will we feed ourselves? : Farming to fit the land : growing food like a prairie -- chap. 3. How will we harness energy? : Light into life : gathering energy like a leaf -- chap. 4. How will we make things? : Fitting form to function : weaving fibers like a spider -- chap. 5. How will we heal ourselves? : Experts in our midst : finding cures like a chimp -- chap. 6. How will we store what we learn? : Dances with molecules : computing like a cell -- chap. 7. How will we conduct business? : Closing the loops in commerce : runnig a business like a redwood forest -- chap. 8. Where will we go from here? : May wonders never cease : toward a biomimetic future.

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