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Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation
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A lively and endlessly fascinating deep-dive into nature and the many groundbreaking human inventions inspired by the wild.
"Delightful."—The Guardian
"Fans of Helen Scales won't want to miss this."—Publishers Weekly STARRED Review
When astronomers wanted a telescope that could capture X-rays from celestial bodies, they looked to the lobster. When doctors wanted a medication that could stabilize Type II diabetic patients, they found their muse in a lizard. When scientists wanted to drastically...