Nature Got There First: Inventions Inspired by Nature
by Phil Gates Author
(From Amazon): 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.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780753464106
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 26
- Pages
- 64
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 3rd
- Publisher
- Kingfisher
- Edition
- 2
- Copyright
- 2010
Chapters
- 1 Inventions inspired by nature
- 2 Buildings
- 3 Earth Engineering
- 4 Natural Materials
- 5 Forming and shaping
- 6 Gathering and collecting
- 7 Pincers and tweezers
- 8 Warmth
- 9 Fungus and compost
- 10 Absorbing energy
- 11 Stored energy
- 12 Hydraulics
- 13 Gliding and sailing
- 14 Jet propulsion
- 15 Floating and buoyancy
- 16 Defense
- 17 Smoke screens and alarms
- 18 Camouflage and warning signs
- 19 Sound and pressure waves
- 20 Light and heat sensing
- 21 Magnestism and gravity
- 22 Light and electricity
- 23 Gripping
- 24 Fastenings
- 25 Surface protection
- 26 Liquids and lubricants
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