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. Science writer and lecturer Janine Benyus takes us into the lab and out in the field with the maverick researchers who are applying nature's ingenious solutions to the problem of human survival: stirring vats o...
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. Science writer and lecturer Janine Benyus takes us into the lab and out in the field with the maverick researchers who are applying nature's ingenious solutions to the problem of human survival: stirring vats of proteins to unleash their signaling power in computers; analyzing how spiders manufacture a waterproof fiber five times stronger than steel; studying how electrons in a leaf cell convert sunlight to fuel in trillionths of a second; discovering miracle drugs by observing what animals eat -- and much more. The products of biomimicry are things we can all use -- medicines, "smart" computers, super-strong materials, profitable and earth-friendly business. Biomimicry eloquently shows that the answers are all around us.
They are part studentship and part stewardship-studying nature's wellsprings of good ideas, and then protecting them so that they can continue to flow. (查看原文)
1 有用 Tony Yet 2011-11-30 21:04:48
这本写于十年前的书现在依然有很多东西值得我们学习。
1 有用 Racha™ 2015-06-19 10:13:45
书很好，用词美，但里面的那些化学，生物单词真的要我命，而且很多生化原理都不懂。书市图书馆借的，到期必须还，看了前几章，很不错，有空得再借回来看Arch lib: T173.8 .B45 2002
1 有用 Siva 2012-06-30 22:28:33
人类可以向大自然学习很多东西。 看看这些案例，可以为未来的发现提供一种天然的洞见。
0 有用 M.Ben 2024-11-03 12:04:07 北京
2012 竞赛自然学习
0 有用 叾籴扥 2012-01-07 22:33:34
前卫的思想。精美的文字。绝赞。