Bulletproof feathers
Subtitle: how science uses nature's secrets to design cutting-edge technology
By: edited by Robert Allen.
Contributors: Allen, R. 1947-
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226014708
Subjects: Biomimetics; Robotics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Aerodynamics of biological flight / Jeremy Rayner; title: Marine dynamics / Jeannette Yen; title: Humanlike robots / Yoseph Bar-Cohen; title: Underwater bioacoustics / Tomonari Akamatsu; title: Air acoustics / James Simmons; title: Cooperative behavior / Robert Allen; title: Ventilation / Steve Vogel; title: New materials & natural design / Julian Vincent.