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Adapt: How We Can Learn from Nature's Strangest Inventions

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Atlantic Books 2017Description: 344 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781786492272
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620.0042 KHA-A
Summary: If a fly's eye can see without hundreds of fancy lenses, and termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning, it stands to reason that nature can teach us a thing or two about technology and innovation. In 'Adapt', Amina Khan explores the exciting new science of biomimicry, which shows how we can borrow designs from nature to solve complex problems.
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If a fly's eye can see without hundreds of fancy lenses, and termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning, it stands to reason that nature can teach us a thing or two about technology and innovation. In 'Adapt', Amina Khan explores the exciting new science of biomimicry, which shows how we can borrow designs from nature to solve complex problems.

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