01849cam a22003374a 4500u5053688SIRSI20091029162852.0961204t20021997nyu b 001 0 eng c0060533226 (pbk.)9780060533229 (pbk.)(OCoLC)51226447YQUYQUSNNDAYOCLCQBAKERLVBYDXCPOXFAU@CNVPLpccT173.8 ?b .B45 2002Benyus, Janine M.Biomimicry :innovation inspired by nature /Janine M. Benyus.New York :Perennial,2002, c1997.308 p. ;21 cm.Originally published by William Morrow in 1997 ; First Quill edition published 1998 ; reissued in Perennial 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-300) and index.ch.1. Echoing nature : why biomimicry now? -- ch.2. How will we feed ourselves? : farming to fit the land : growing food like a prairie -- ch. 3. How will we harness energy? : light into life : gathering energy like a leaf -- ch. 4. How will we make things? fitting form to function : finding cures like a chimp -- ch. 5. How will we heal ourselves? : experts in our midst : finding cures like a chimp -- ch. 6. How will we store what we learn? : Dances with molecules : computing like a cell -- ch. 7. How will we conduct business? closing the loops in commerce : running a business like a redwood forest -- ch. 8. Where will we go from here? : may wonders never cease : toward a biomimetic future.21Technological innovations.Human ecology.Nature.Innovations.Écologie humaine.Nature.Z0VA@T173.8 .B45 2002LC1X030595882ATSEA-STKSATSEAYYBOOK10/29/2009CLASSIFYRUSH