Biomimetics
How Lessons from Nature Can Transform Technology
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Brian Clegg
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An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.
Biomimetics literally means emulating biology—and in a broader sense the term covers technological advances where the original inspiration came from nature. The Earth is a vast laboratory where the mechanisms of natural selection have enabled evolutionary solutions to be developed to a wide range of problems.
Science writer Brian Clegg looks at how humans have piggybacked on natural experimentation, redeploying a solution to create things that make our lives easier. He looks at how the hooks on burdock seeds inspired the creation of Velcro, how the stickiness of the feet of geckos and frogs has been used to create gripping surfaces, such as tyre treads, and how even the most basic optical enhancement in the form of spectacles is itself a form of biomimetics.
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Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Although Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and the father of the English Scientific Revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly embrace the hundred years or so during which science as we know it became established.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful sleeper of a book!
- De Randall M. Chriss en 01-01-19
De: John Gribbin, y otros
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Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird
- De: Jonathan Maberry, various authors
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot, Richard J. Brewer, Natalie Naudus, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 44 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 17
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.
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2 out of 5 stars
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could have been better
- De Daniel en 08-17-24
De: Jonathan Maberry, y otros
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The Water Margin
- Outlaws of the Marsh
- De: Shi Naian, J. H. Jackson - translator, Edwin Lowe - translator
- Narrado por: Jonathan Booth
- Duración: 33 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities, are forced to become outlaws. They form a bandit community in Liangshan Marsh, becoming such a formidable force in their own right that they threaten the power of government itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exciting! Each story entwined with one another!
- De Kananai en 04-03-24
De: Shi Naian, y otros
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Wastelands
- Stories of the Apocalypse
- De: John Joseph Adams
- Narrado por: Susan Hanfield, J. Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 253
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 227
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 228
Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence—the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon—these are our guides through the Wastelands. Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today's most renowned authors of speculative fiction—including George R. R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King—Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon.
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2 out of 5 stars
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IF IT GLOWS, DON'T PICK IT UP
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 10-18-17
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Emotional Intelligence 2.0
- De: Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,606
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,479
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5,411
In today's fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack. By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction - it’s no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing what EQ is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two very different things.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Self-assessment is subjective
- De A. Yoshida en 03-07-18
De: Travis Bradberry, y otros