Bioinspired: How Nature Made Us Modern, Drives Today's Technological Innovation, and Inspires a Future Worth Inventing

Since the dawn of humanity, nature has inspired our best ideas and most revolutionary inventions—this book shows how nature shapes innovation today, and how it may be the key to a sustainable future.

Humans are recognized for our intelligence and creativity, but where do these stand-out smarts come from? Our celebrated brains play a role, but it turns out something else altogether unexpected is going on.

Bioinspired is a fascinating natural history of modern humankind that lays out a compell...