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From termite den to office building / by Nel Yomtov.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 21st century skills innovation library. Innovations from naturePublisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan : Cherry Lake Publishing, 2014Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1624317553 (lib. bdg.)
  • 1624317618 (pbk.)
  • 9781624317552 (lib. bdg.)
  • 9781624317613 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Modern comforts -- Nature's master builders -- How it's done -- Looking ahead -- A building dream team -- Glossary.
Summary: Combining both historical and scientific views, this book explains how termite dens inspired a new office building design.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 720 Y54 Available 33111007538768
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learn about how nature has inspired technological innovations with this book on the similarities between termite dens and a new office building design. Integrating both historical and scientific perspectives, this book explains how termite dens inspired a new office building design. Readers will make connections and examine the relationship between the two concepts. Sidebars, photographs, a glossary, and a concluding chapter on important people in the field add detail and depth to this informational text on biomimicry.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Modern comforts -- Nature's master builders -- How it's done -- Looking ahead -- A building dream team -- Glossary.

Combining both historical and scientific views, this book explains how termite dens inspired a new office building design.

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