Bioinspired: How Nature Made Us Modern, Drives Today's Technological Innovation, and Inspires a Future Worth Inventing - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Timber Press (OR)ISBN-13:9781643261447ISBN-10:1643261444UPC:9781643261447Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:History, Biotechnology, InventionsSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.386Product ID:SCRVZE1T6K
Since the dawn of humanity, Nature has inspired our best ideas and most revolutionary inventions--this book shows how nature shapes innovation today, and how it is the key to a sustainable future. Humans are recognized for intelligence and creativity, but where do these stand-out smarts come from? Our celebrated brains play a role, but it turns out something else altogether unexpected is going on. Bioinspired is a fascinating natural history of modern humankind that lays out a compelling case for Nature playing an outsized, yet unsung, role in human advancement. From the famous inventor who traveled with a dismembered ear in his suitcase, to how the internet is organized based on the human brain, to why popular music makes us get up and dance, Stier's exploration of how various aspects of technology and culture came to be will astonish readers, one fresh revelation after another. A paradigm-shaking analysis of our technological history and what truly drives innovation, and a guide map pointing towards enduring human prosperity, Bioinspired will sweep you up, enthrall you as the pages go cascading by, and ultimately deposit you before a profoundly new horizon.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Timber Press (OR)ISBN-13:9781643261447ISBN-10:1643261444UPC:9781643261447Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:History, Biotechnology, InventionsSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.386Product ID:SCRVZE1T6K
S. Cord Stier is a recognized expert on the subject of biologically inspired innovation. He first fell in love with Nature as a child catching frogs in the wilds of Iowa. He founded The Center for Learning with Nature and developed award-winning curricula on the topic, which are now used across the United States and in over seventy countries worldwide. He has held faculty appointments in sustainable design at Otis College of Art and Design and in engineering at Texas Tech University. He and his family live alongside a chatty creek in Montana.
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