30 Animals That Made Us Smarter: Stories of the Natural World That Inspired Human Ingenuity, US Edition by Patrick Aryee
English | May 12th, 2022 | ISBN: 1785947508 | 390 pages | True EPUB | 6.39 MB
Did you know that mosquitoes' mouthparts are helping to develop pain-free surgical needles? Who'd have thought that the humble mussel could inspire so many useful things, from plywood production to a "glue" that can cement the crowns on teeth? Or that the design of polar bear fur may one day help keep humans warm in space? In everything from fashion to architecture, medicine to transportation, it may surprise you how many extraordinary inventions have been inspired by the natural world.