02218cam a2200409 4500 283111410 TxAuBib 20090612120000.0 090612s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 96-52336 9780060533229 0060533226 Amazon Amazon MvI TxAuBib Benyus, Janine M. Biomimicry : Innovation Inspired by Nature / Janine M. Benyus. [S.l. : Harper Perennial, 2002. 308 p : softcover ; 21 cm. 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. Biomimicry is a revolutionary new science that analyzes nature's best ideas such as: - spider silk and prairie grass, seashells and braincells - and adapts them for human use. Biomimicry is a revolutionary new science that analyzes nature's best ideas--spider silk and prairie grass, seashells and brain cells---and adapts them for human use. 20090612. Human ecology. Science. Biology. Technological innovations. Economics and Business. Ecology. Economics, finance, business and management. Inventions and Technology: General Interest. Life Sciences. Life Sciences, Biology. Life Sciences, Ecology. Mathematics. Mathematics and science. Nature. Popular science.