ARGONAUT BOOKS

Here is an exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind. Biomimetics literally means emulating biology - and in a broader sense the term covers technological advances where the original inspiration came from nature. The Earth is a vast laboratory where the mechanisms of natural selection have enabled evolutionary solutions to be developed to a wide range of problems. In this title in the 'Hot Science' series, science writer Brian Clegg looks at how humans have piggybacked on natural experimentation, redeploying a solution to cre...Read More