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The gecko's foot : bio-inspiration : engineering new materials from nature / Peter Forbes.

By: Forbes, Peter Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 2006, c2005Edition: 1st American edDescription: xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780393062236 ; 0393062236 Subject(s): Technological innovations | Nature | Bioengineering | BiomechanicsDDC classification: 600 LOC classification: T173.8 | .F63 2006Summary: 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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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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