Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature

Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature–taking advantage of the 3.8 billion years of R&D nature has cached since the first bacteria formed on Earth and began to evolve. This profound and accessible book, written by Biomimicry 3.8 co-founder Janine Benyus, details how designers and scientists are studying nature’s genius to solve our toughest 21st-century problems.

The practice of biomimicry allows us to study nature’s best ideas: photosynthesis, brain power, and shells–and adapt them for human use. They are revolutionising how we invent, compute, heal ourselves, harness energy, repair the environment, and feed the world. Through this book, Benyus names and explains this phenomenon.