Library staff recommendation: The Gecko’s Foot: Bio-Inspiration: Engineeered from Nature

The Gecko’s Foot: Bio-Inspiration: Engineered from Nature
By Peter Forbes
600 F745g 2006 Greenfield Open Stacks

How do geckos cling to walls and ceilings? Exactly what makes spider silk so strong
and so flexible? On what biological model was self-cleaning glass developed? Insects
shouldn’t be able to fly; how do they do it? What causes iridescence? Call it
bio-inspiration or biomimicry, but call it amazing inspiration for design and materials
engineering.

If you like this book, you may also enjoy:
Cat’s Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People by Steven Vogel.
574.191 V862c Greenfield Open Stacks
Magnifications: Photography with the Scanning Electron Microscope by David Scharf.
778.31 Sch17m Greenfield Open Stacks
Hidden Beauty: Microworlds Revealed by France Bourély.
570 B666h Greenfield Open Stacks

About Sara MacDonald

Public Services Librarian, Greenfield Library, UArts Libraries 215-717-6282 smacdonald@uarts.edu
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