Biomimicry : innovation inspired by nature

By:

Benyus, Janine M [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: İngilizce New York : Quill, 1998Description: 308 pages : 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0688160999

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

TS173.8 .B45 1998

Contents:

Echoing Nature How Will We Feed Ourselves How Will We Conduct Business Where Will We Go From Here

Summary: Science writer and lecturer Janine Benyus names and explains this phenomenon. She takes us into the lab and out in the field with cutting-edge researchers as they stir vats of proteins to unleash their computing power; analyse how electrons zipping around a leaf cell convert sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they’re sick; study the hardy prairie as a model for low-maintenance agriculture; and more.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Merkez Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon / Main Collection	Merkez Kütüphane	Genel Koleksiyon	TS173.8 .B45 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Pending hold		0053779

Echoing Nature How Will We Feed Ourselves How Will We Conduct Business Where Will We Go From Here

Science writer and lecturer Janine Benyus names and explains this phenomenon. She takes us into the lab and out in the field with cutting-edge researchers as they stir vats of proteins to unleash their computing power; analyse how electrons zipping around a leaf cell convert sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they’re sick; study the hardy prairie as a model for low-maintenance agriculture; and more.

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