Bulletproof Feathers

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How science uses nature's secrets to design cutting-edge technology

Robert Allen

Over the last 30 years, biomimetics the science that studies design solutions in nature and applies them to engineering has come to the fore. Even though we all use practical applications of biomimetics, such as Velcro, most of us know little about its basic principles. Bulletproof Feathers offers a beginner’s guide to the theories, history, and discoveries of biomimetics.

FILED UNDER: General Reference (Ivy Press)

Published: May, 2010

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Robert Allen is Professor of Biodynamics and Control at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, Southampton.

192 pages
h 210mm x w 210mm
Hardback
full colour throughout
66,000 words
Printed ISBN:978-0-226-01470-8

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