Author: Charles Aubrey Ealand
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Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Marvels of Animal Ingenuity
Author: Charles Aubrey Ealand
Publisher:
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Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Author: Patrick Aryee
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642832677
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Did you know that mosquitoes' mouthparts are helping to develop pain-free surgical needles? Who'd have thought that the humble mussel could inspire so many useful things, from plywood production to a "glue" that can cement the crowns on teeth? Or that the design of polar bear fur may one day help keep humans warm in space? In everything from fashion to architecture, medicine to transportation, it may surprise you how many extraordinary inventions have been inspired by the natural world. In 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter, join wildlife biologist, TV host, and BBC podcaster Patrick Aryee as he tells stories of biomimicry, or innovations inspired by the natural world, that enrich our lives every day--and in some cases, save them.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642832677
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Did you know that mosquitoes' mouthparts are helping to develop pain-free surgical needles? Who'd have thought that the humble mussel could inspire so many useful things, from plywood production to a "glue" that can cement the crowns on teeth? Or that the design of polar bear fur may one day help keep humans warm in space? In everything from fashion to architecture, medicine to transportation, it may surprise you how many extraordinary inventions have been inspired by the natural world. In 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter, join wildlife biologist, TV host, and BBC podcaster Patrick Aryee as he tells stories of biomimicry, or innovations inspired by the natural world, that enrich our lives every day--and in some cases, save them.
Among Our Books
Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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Nature
Author: Sir Norman Lockyer
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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The Motor Car & Its Story
Author: Charles Robert Gibson
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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Science for All
Author: Peter J. Bowler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226068668
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Recent scholarship has revealed that pioneering Victorian scientists endeavored through voluminous writing to raise public interest in science and its implications. But it has generally been assumed that once science became a profession around the turn of the century, this new generation of scientists turned its collective back on public outreach. Science for All debunks this apocryphal notion. Peter J. Bowler surveys the books, serial works, magazines, and newspapers published between 1900 and the outbreak of World War II to show that practicing scientists were very active in writing about their work for a general readership. Science for All argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Scientists found it easy and profitable to write for this audience, Bowler reveals, and because their work was seen as educational, they faced no hostility from their peers. But when admission to colleges and universities became more accessible in the 1960s, this market diminished and professional scientists began to lose interest in writing at the nonspecialist level. Eagerly anticipated by scholars of scientific engagement throughout the ages, Science for All sheds light on our own era and the continuing tension between science and public understanding.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226068668
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Recent scholarship has revealed that pioneering Victorian scientists endeavored through voluminous writing to raise public interest in science and its implications. But it has generally been assumed that once science became a profession around the turn of the century, this new generation of scientists turned its collective back on public outreach. Science for All debunks this apocryphal notion. Peter J. Bowler surveys the books, serial works, magazines, and newspapers published between 1900 and the outbreak of World War II to show that practicing scientists were very active in writing about their work for a general readership. Science for All argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Scientists found it easy and profitable to write for this audience, Bowler reveals, and because their work was seen as educational, they faced no hostility from their peers. But when admission to colleges and universities became more accessible in the 1960s, this market diminished and professional scientists began to lose interest in writing at the nonspecialist level. Eagerly anticipated by scholars of scientific engagement throughout the ages, Science for All sheds light on our own era and the continuing tension between science and public understanding.
Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2088
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 2088
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Raj, Brigand Chief
Author: Amy Carmichael
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Category : Dacoits
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : Dacoits
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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The Journal of Education
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson Low
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1900
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1900
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.