Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Abstracts of Papers in Scientific Transactions and Periodicals
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Engineering Abstracts from the Current Periodical Literature of Engineering and Applied Science, Published Outside the United Kingdom
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
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Dazzled and Deceived
Author: Peter Forbes
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300178964
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world - including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes - have honed and practised camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. Imitating other animals or their surroundings, nature's fakers use mimicry to protect themselves, to attract and repel, to bluff and warn, to forage and to hide. The advantages of mimicry are obvious - but how does 'blind' nature do it? And how has humanity learnt to profit from nature's ploys? "Dazzled and Deceived" tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world. Discovered in the 1850s by the young English naturalists Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazonian rainforest, the phenomenon of mimicry was seized upon as the first independent validation of Darwin's theory of natural selection. But mimicry and camouflage also created a huge impact outside the laboratory walls. Peter Forbes' cultural history links mimicry and camouflage to art, literature, military tactics and medical cures across the twentieth century, and charts its intricate involvement with the dispute between evolution and creationism.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300178964
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world - including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes - have honed and practised camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. Imitating other animals or their surroundings, nature's fakers use mimicry to protect themselves, to attract and repel, to bluff and warn, to forage and to hide. The advantages of mimicry are obvious - but how does 'blind' nature do it? And how has humanity learnt to profit from nature's ploys? "Dazzled and Deceived" tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world. Discovered in the 1850s by the young English naturalists Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazonian rainforest, the phenomenon of mimicry was seized upon as the first independent validation of Darwin's theory of natural selection. But mimicry and camouflage also created a huge impact outside the laboratory walls. Peter Forbes' cultural history links mimicry and camouflage to art, literature, military tactics and medical cures across the twentieth century, and charts its intricate involvement with the dispute between evolution and creationism.
Illuminating Engineering, Including Transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society
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Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Publisher:
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Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Engineering Abstracts
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
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Lighting Data
Author: General Electric Company. Edison Lamp Works
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Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Publisher:
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Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Engineering Abstracts Prepared from the Current Periodical Literature of Engineering and Applied Science, Published Outside the United Kingdom
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Recommended Practice of Daylighting
Author: Illuminating Engineering Society. Daylighting Committee
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Category : Daylight
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Category : Daylight
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Illuminating Engineering Practice
Author:
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Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Category : Lighting
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Journal of the American Institute of Architects
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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