The gecko's foot :

Forbes, Peter.

The gecko's foot : bio-inspiration : engineering new materials from nature / Peter Forbes. - 1st American ed. - New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2006, c2005. - xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

First published: Great Britain: Fourth Estate, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Technological innovations.
Nature.
Bioengineering.
Biomechanics.

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