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01847aam a2200313 i 4500 001 F7A3CEACBCE111EEA22CC97A4BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240127010046 008 231011s2023 enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a bl2023159714 020 $a 1785789899 020 $a 9781785789892 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d SILO 050 14 $a QH323.5 $b .C57 2023 082 04 $a 570.1/5 $2 23/eng/20231011 100 1 $a Clegg, Brian, $e author. 245 10 $a Biomimetics : $b how lessons from nature can transform technology / $c Brian Clegg. 264 1 $a London : $b Icon Books, $c 2023. 300 $a ix, 163 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a Hot science 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Biomimetics literally means emulating biology--and in a broader sense the term covers technological advances where the original inspiration came from nature. The Earth is a vast laboratory where the mechanisms of natural selection have enabled evolutionary solutions to be developed to a wide range of problems. In this new title in the hot science series, science writer Brian Clegg looks at how humans have piggybacked on natural experimentation, redeploying a solution to create things that make our liveseasier. He looks at how the hooks on burdock seeds inspired the creation of Velcro, how the stickiness of the feet of geckos and frogs has been used to create gripping surfaces, such as tyre treads, and how even the most basic optical enhancement in the form of spectacles is itself a form of biomimetics"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Biomimetics. 650 0 $a Biotechnology. 650 0 $a Biomimicry. 830 0 $a Hot science. 941 $a 1 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012814.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F7A3CEACBCE111EEA22CC97A4BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search