ISBN: 9798297847057 - mimics: recognizing human patterns and nature’s influence (6 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Mimics is a sweeping exploration of how human ingenuity has always been tethered to the quiet genius of nature. Across history, the tools, technologies, and systems we've built often began as echoes of patterns already perfected in the natural world-whether in the curve of a seashell inspiring architecture, the hive mind shaping communication networks, or the way a bird's wing became the blueprint for flight. Blending science, anthropology, and design, the book reveals how the act of invention is rarely creation from nothing-it is observation, translation, and adaptation. Through narrative storytelling and grounded sidebars, Mimics travels across centuries and disciplines, tracing the invisible lineage between leaf and ladle, coral reef and city, spider silk and engineering marvels. It invites readers to reconsider innovation not as an act of dominance over nature, but as a centuries-old partnership-one that becomes richer when we recognize our debt to the original inventor: life itself.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Mimics is a sweeping exploration of how human ingenuity has always been tethered to the quiet genius of nature. Across history, the tools, technologies, and systems we've built often began as echoes of patterns already perfected in the natural world-whether in the curve of a seashell inspiring architecture, the hive mind shaping communication networks, or the way a bird's wing became the blueprint for flight. Blending science, anthropology, and design, the book reveals how the act of invention is rarely creation from nothing-it is observation, translation, and adaptation. Through narrative storytelling and grounded sidebars, Mimics travels across centuries and disciplines, tracing the invisible lineage between leaf and ladle, coral reef and city, spider silk and engineering marvels. It invites readers to reconsider innovation not as an act of dominance over nature, but as a centuries-old partnership-one that becomes richer when we recognize our debt to the original inventor: life itself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Mimics is a sweeping exploration of how human ingenuity has always been tethered to the quiet genius of nature. Across history, the tools, technologies, and systems we've built often began as echoes of patterns already perfected in the natural world-whether in the curve of a seashell inspiring architecture, the hive mind shaping communication networks, or the way a bird's wing became the blueprint for flight. Blending science, anthropology, and design, the book reveals how the act of invention is rarely creation from nothing-it is observation, translation, and adaptation. Through narrative storytelling and grounded sidebars, Mimics travels across centuries and disciplines, tracing the invisible lineage between leaf and ladle, coral reef and city, spider silk and engineering marvels. It invites readers to reconsider innovation not as an act of dominance over nature, but as a centuries-old partnership-one that becomes richer when we recognize our debt to the original inventor: life itself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…