Nature's Wild Ideas: How the Natural World is Inspiring Scientific Innovation

Full of surprising science about everyday—and unusual—inventions. • Who would have thought that Pomegranates inspire longer-lasting lithium batteries, or that jellyfish inspire technology that allows doctors to detect cancer and alzheimer cells?

Profiles the people behind these terrific inventions: • with page-turning stories about what inspired them to invent––and how they did it.

A wide variety of animals • have inspired human inventions: from giraffes to jellyfish.

A strong environmental message • about what we stand to lose when we destroy the natural world around us.

Engaging science communicator: • Kristy Hamilton knows how to make science accessible, interesting, and exciting. Her articles have been featured in Science Magazine • , Business Insider • , I Fucking Love Science • , Seattle Times • , Seattle Weekly. Kristy Hamilton is a debut author

© 2022 Greystone Books (E-bog): 9781771648202

Release date

E-bog: 4. oktober 2022