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.
9780393062236 0393062236
2006006731
Technological innovations.
Nature.
Bioengineering.
Biomechanics.
T173.8 / .F63 2006
600
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.
9780393062236 0393062236
2006006731
Technological innovations.
Nature.
Bioengineering.
Biomechanics.
T173.8 / .F63 2006
600