Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

<p><strong>This profound and accessible book details how science is studying nature€s best ideas to solve our toughest 21st-century problems.</strong></p><p>If chaos theory transformed our view of the universe, biomimicry is transforming our life on Earth. Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature €“ taking advantage of evolution€s 3.8 billion years of R&D since the first bacteria. Biomimics study nature€s best ideas: photosynthesis, brain power, and shells €“ and adapt them for human use. They are revolutionising how we invent, compute, heal ourselves, harness energy, repair the environment, and feed the world. </p><p>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.</p>