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Lädt ... Design Like Nature: Biomimicry for a Healthy Planetvon Megan Clendenan
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HTML:â??"Fascinating...An appealing resource sure to spark an interest in biomimicry, from casual readers to budding scientists. Recommended for all Âlibraries."—School Library Journal, starred review Did you know that lamps can be powered by glowing bacteria instead of electricity? That gloves designed like gecko feet let people climb straight up glass walls? Or that kids are finding ways to make compostable plastic out of banana peels? Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for answers to environmental problems such as climate change. In Design Like Nature young readers discover innovations and inventions inspired by the environment. Nature runs the entire planet with no waste and no pollution. Can humans learn to do this too? It's time to step outside and start designing like na Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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There are very engaging references to inventions that were inspired by the natural world: Velcroâ„¢, a familiar item now used widely, was developed in the 1940's after George de Mestral was inspired by his examination of the seed coats from the Burdock plant, for example. Another fascinating example refers to the inspiration of copying the mosquito's proboscis to develop needles that deliver less-painful injections.
Despite many excellent examples, the book presentation is flawed. The marketing info suggested it was aimed at middle-grade and higher school-age kids, but the information is often too cursory. Too many of the cited developments lack the details to illustrate the interesting connections between natural sources and sophisticated inventions. The authors missed effectively intriguing students by skimping on the depth in each topic.
A further discrepancy was the absence of figure legends and image descriptions. Full-colour photographs appeared throughout the book, but the facts being presented were not identified in the pictures. This book was tantalizing and certainly engaged the kids to whom I was hoping to introduce biomimicry. However, we spent more time following up in other references (and on the internet) to expand the history of the discoveries which were only briefly mentioned biomimicry inventions. ( )