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  • Paperback: 356 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial (7 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007179898
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007179893
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 218,598 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #5 in  Books > Scientific, Technical & Medical > Engineering > Engineering Skills & Design > Nanotechnology
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'[Forbes has] An easy style and an innocence of jargon, and he treads softly on his scientists' dreams. Forbes prefers the term "bio-inspiration" to "biomimetics". The aim is not slavishly to imitate nature, but to learn from it to develop our own solutions to engineering problems. And he is surely right to pounce now, before inspiration turns to perspiration. He has succeeded splendidly.' Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Independent 'The book is a witty blend of anecdote and analysis.' Rita Carter, Daily Mail '[Forbes] provides an illuminating discussion of the evolution of visual systems and the emergence of contemporary understandings of the nature of light.' Dr Brendan Kelly, Sunday Business Post

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'This intriguing book suggests space is not the final frontier; it's the world invisible to the naked eye.'

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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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