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Wild design : nature's architects / Kimberly Ridley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ridley, Kimberly, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural history--Popular works.
- Natural history.
- Natural history--Pictorial works.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 111 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Nature is the original architect, designing and building extraordinary structures through more than four billion years of evolution, and in response to the tremendous forces of the Earth. "Wild Design celebrates stunning and functional forms in the world of animals, plants, and other organisms, as well as in earth, stone, and water. This illustrated compendium explores structures as intricate as the microscopic jewel-like diatoms, as flamboyant as the festooned leks of bowerbirds, and as mysterious as the underground fungal networks that shape the grand design of forests"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Earth Magic Minerals and Rocks
- ch. Two Glass Houses Diatoms and Radiolarians
- ch. Three Sea Sculptures Shells and Reefs
- ch. Four Fabulous Fungi Demolition Crews and Network Builders
- ch. Five Brilliant Botany The Design Genius of Plants
- ch. Six Master Builders Arthropod Engineers
- ch. Seven Arresting Nests Avian Architects
- ch. Eight Animal Architects Beavers and Prairie Dogs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781648960178
- 1648960170
- OCLC:
- 1240826911
- Publisher Number:
- 99990178669
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