The gecko's foot: bio-inspiration : engineering new materials from nature

An analysis of the unlikely relationship between nature and scientific design reveals how such innovations as Velcro, solar panels, and self-cleaning surfaces were created to mimic intricate mechanisms found in the natural world.

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1. Verfasser: Forbes, Peter (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York [u.a.] W. W. Norton 2006
Ausgabe:1. American ed.
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Zusammenfassung:An analysis of the unlikely relationship between nature and scientific design reveals how such innovations as Velcro, solar panels, and self-cleaning surfaces were created to mimic intricate mechanisms found in the natural world.
Beschreibung:"First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Fourth Estate"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index
Beschreibung:xv, 272 p. ill.
ISBN:9780393062236
0393062236

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