Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature / Janine M. Benyus.
Material type: TextLanguage: Publication details: New York : Perennial, 2002, c1997.Description: 308 p. ; 19 cmISBN:- 9780060533229 (pbk.)
- 0060533226 (pbk.)
- 608 BEN
- T173.8 .B45 2002
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Gulbanoo Premji Library of Azim Premji University, Bengaluru | 3rd Floor | 608 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5559 |
Originally published by William Morrow in 1997 ; First Quill edition published 1998 ; reissued in Perennial 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-300) and index.
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.
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