From Barbs on a Weed to Velcro

Toney Allman
Library Binding - $48.95

Each volume in this series tells a story of biomimicry, or more specifically, how scientists and inventors have tried to imitate something in nature in an effort to create better, stronger, safer tools and processes for everyday life.

Progress in Convergence : Technologies for Human Wellbeing

Bainbridge
Paperback - $237.95

Continued economic growth, human welfare, and national security depend upon constant technological progress; and the chief area for innovation in the coming years will be converging technologies, the synergistic combination of the NBIC fields: nanote ...

Phage Display : A Laboratory Manual

Carlos F. Barbas III
Paperback - $144.95

Phage-display technology has begun to make critical contributions to the study of molecular recognition. DNA sequences are cloned into phage, which then present on their surface the proteins encoded by the DNA. Individual phage are rescued through in ...

Modeling in Applied Sciences : A Kinetic Theory Approach

Nicola Bellomo
Hardcover - $234.95

Modeling complex biological, chemical and physical systems, in the context of spatially heterogeneous mediums, is a challenging task for scientists and engineers using traditional methods of analysis. "Modeling in Applied Sciences" is a comprehensive ...

The EU and Neighbors : A Geography of Europe in the Modern World

Brian W. Blouet
Paperback - $211.95

Presenting an entry level, introductory, systemic and regional survey, this book will quickly get readers up to speed on the European landscape. It uses the European Union as an organizing focus while discussing modern events in two sections. The sys ...

The Molecular Origins of Life : Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle

Andre Brack
Paperback - $107.95

The origin of life was probably the result of a singular event in the Earth's history, and reconstructing this event is like assembling a puzzle made up of many pieces. These pieces are composed of information acquired from many different disciplines ...

The Book of Craftsmen : The Story of Man's Handiwork Through the Ages

Marjory Bruce
Paperback - $46.95

An Elementary Treatment of the Theory of Spinning Tops and Gyroscopic Motion - Illustrated

Harold Crabtree
Paperback - $31.95

Engines of Creation : The Coming Era of Nanotechnology

Eric Drexler
Paperback - $23.95

This brilliant work heralds the new age of nanotechnology, which will give us thorough and inexpensive control of the structure of matter. Drexler examines the enormous implications of these developments for medicine, the economy, and the environment ...

Practical LSD Manufacture

Uncle Fester
Paperback - $30.95

This classic now in its third edition covers all the best methods used to make LSD. The emphasis is upon natural sources of lysergic acid such as wild ergot, morning glory seeds or woodrose seeds, but extraction of ergotamine migraine medicines are a ...