Wild scientists
by Mould, Steve
Meet amazing engineers, such as the spiders who build immense webs stretching over rivers; funky physicists, like the bats that can see with sound; and surprising chemists, such as the corpse flower that smells like smelly socks to attract insects to pollinate it! The science behind each genius adaptation is explained clearly in Steve Mould's trademark humorous style and you'll be amazed by nature's solutions to some of the world's trickiest problems. Additional biomimicry pages even show where…
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- Full title :Wild scientists / written by Steve Mould ; illustrated by John Devolle.
Summary
Meet amazing engineers, such as the spiders who build immense webs stretching over rivers; funky physicists, like the bats that can see with sound; and surprising chemists, such as the corpse flower that smells like smelly socks to attract insects to pollinate it! The science behind each genius adaptation is explained clearly in Steve Mould's trademark humorous style and you'll be amazed by nature's solutions to some of the world's trickiest problems. Additional biomimicry pages even show where we've copied nature to improve our own science and engineering, such as the streamlined nose of bullet trains, modelled on the shape of a kingfisher's beak.
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- Publication Date:©2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Dorling Kindersley Limited
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2020
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:72 pages : : colour illustrations ; : 29 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780241413814, 0241413818, 9780241413814
- oclc:on1336466296
- Dewey Decimal:581.4
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