书籍介绍
Biomimicry is a revolutionary new science that analyzes nature's best ideas -- spider silk and prairie grass, seashells and brain cells -- and adapts them for human use. Science writer and lecturer Janine Benyus takes us into the lab and out in the field with the maverick researchers who are applying nature's ingenious solutions to the problem of human survival: stirring vats of proteins to unleash their signaling power in computers; analyzing how spiders manufacture a waterproof fiber five times stronger than steel; studying how electrons in a leaf cell convert sunlight to fuel in trillionths of a second; discovering miracle drugs by observing what animals eat -- and much more. The products of biomimicry are things we can all use -- medicines, "smart" computers, super-strong materials, profitable and earth-friendly business. Biomimicry eloquently shows that the answers are all around us.
AI导读
核心看点
- 解析蜘蛛丝等自然案例，探索仿生学前沿
- 倡导向自然学习，解决人类生存难题
- 打破学科壁垒，融合工程与生物学智慧
适合谁读
- 对仿生学、创新设计及可持续发展感兴趣者
- 寻求跨学科灵感的设计师与工程师
- 关注环保理念与自然哲学的普通读者
读前提醒
- 涉及生化原理，非专业读者需耐心阅读
- 建议结合具体案例理解抽象的科学概念
- 可先浏览目录，挑选感兴趣章节切入
读者共识
- 文字优美，思想前卫，具有启发性
- 虽出版多年，核心观点至今仍具价值
- 部分专业术语晦涩，阅读门槛较高
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
精彩摘录
- "They are part studentship and part stewardship-studying nature's wellsprings of good ideas, and then protecting them so that they can continue to flow."
- "Wrapped tightly in our own version of knowledge, we have been unreceptive to the wisdom of the natural world."
- "We must also get to know these species as best we can and discover their talents and survival tips, their role in the great web of things."
- "The trick is to show this hidden likeness to engineers and biologists before they put on their blinders. It takes educating in the estuary-the place where two or more disciplines flow together to make a fertile ideabed."
- "Since scale is one of the main things that separates our technologies from nature's, it's important to consider what is appropriate, that is, what is receptive to and acceptive of our habitat."
- "A proper human sound, we may say, is one that allows other sounds to be heard. A properly scaled human economy or technology allows a diversity of other creatures to thrive.-Wendell Berry's Home Economics."
- "life can't put its factory on the edge of town。"
- "manufactures its materials under life-friendly conditions."
用户评论
这本写于十年前的书现在依然有很多东西值得我们学习。
书很好，用词美，但里面的那些化学，生物单词真的要我命，而且很多生化原理都不懂。书市图书馆借的，到期必须还，看了前几章，很不错，有空得再借回来看Arch lib: T173.8 .B45 2002
人类可以向大自然学习很多东西。 看看这些案例，可以为未来的发现提供一种天然的洞见。
前卫的思想。精美的文字。绝赞。
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