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Nordstrom, Kristen, author.
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Biomimicry -- Juvenile literature.
Inventions -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Juvenile literature.
Technological innovations -- Juvenile literature.
Nature -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
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Mimic makers : biomimicry inventors inspired by nature / Kristen Nordstrom ; illustrated by Paul Boston.
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Nordstrom, Kristen, author.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2021]
Subjects
Biomimicry -- Juvenile literature.
Inventions -- Juvenile literature.
Inventors -- Juvenile literature.
Technological innovations -- Juvenile literature.
Nature -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781580899475 (hardcover)
1580899471 (hardcover)
Description:
44 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Contents:
A bullet train with a beak ; Nakatsu Eiji -- Leaves light up ; Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo -- No showers for sharks ; Tony Brennan -- Drink like a bug ; Pak Kitae -- A friendly fungus is among us ; Rodriguez and Redman -- From fins to fans ; Frank Fish -- Whirlybirds and flying machines ; Kingsley Fregene -- Lizard sticky tricks ; Duncan Irschick and Alfred Crosby.
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"In biomimicry, scientists imitate traits found in nature. An engineer shapes the nose of his bullet train like a kingfisher's beak. A scientist models her solar cell on the mighty leaf. Discover how eight inventors were inspired by animals and plants to create cutting-edge technology"--
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Ages 7-10. Charlesbridge.
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