- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Fourth Estate (15 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007179901
- ISBN-13: 978-0007179909
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,216,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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By V Rogers CBE, FREng, etc (Dorset UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Gecko's Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book (Paperback)
This is a very informative book, which gives much information about NANO, and links many unknown connections between metal and biology. This book gives an introduction to many possible advances in science for the future
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Excellent Frontier Science Book,
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This review is from: The Gecko's Foot: Bio-inspiration - Engineering New Materials and Devices from Nature (Hardcover)
This book is an excellent choice to explain a frontier area of Technology. In the realm of the miniature, specifically the nano realm, the realm between one millionth and one billionth of a meter, nature packs in a world of surprises that affect us in the real world. The author points out that as science and technology progess into this nano realm we often duplicate what nature has already invented "bioinspiration". The author brings out some very interesting examples of nature and man made parallels such as, self cleaning glass that imitates the lotus flower petal's method of remaining spotless, and photonic crystals compared to illuminated deep sea creatures. It shows that the author did some research for this book. He has an entertaining writing style and each chapter moves right along. The book does not get bogged down in mathematical science.
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