Answers questions about humans, animals, and plants by examining behavior patterns commonly found in the natural world. Reveals how underlying patterns repeat at different levels throughout nature, and how even man-made machines can Œbehave¹ in ways that have their parallels in the living world. Provides a general introduction that explains how scientists set about trying to understand the ways of living things, Œsetting the scene¹ for the more detailed explanations that follow. The bulk of the book takes the form of a series of spread-by-spread storyboards that deal with particular themes. Stunning color photos are combined with explanatory diagrams.