Nature Got There First: Inventions Inspired by Nature

Gates, Phil

ISBN 10: 0753464101 / ISBN 13: 9780753464106

Published by Kingfisher (edition Second Edition, New edition), 2010

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With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nature Got There First: Inventions Inspired by Nature
• Publisher: Kingfisher (edition Second Edition, New edition)
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753464101
• ISBN 13: 9780753464106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition, New edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Birds conquered the air long before the Wright Brothers, the burrs on plants are uncannily similar to velcro fastenings, rattlesnakes have an alarm system, bats and dolphins have their own form of sonar... Nature is full of amazing designs and ‘mechanisms' that appear to have inspired the engineering and technology we use today. Nature Got There First by Dr. Phil Gates shows you how and why.

About the Author

Dr Phil Gates lectures on biology at the University of Durham, UK, and regularly writes for BBC Wildlife. His other books for children on natural history include The Aliens Are Coming, The Amazing World of Plants and 365 Days of Nature and Discovery.