Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature (Registro nro. 94134)
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wood, J. G. |
| Fuller form of name | (John George), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1827-1889 |
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| Title | Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2016 |
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| General note | Release date is 2016-10-17 |
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| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Chris Curnow, Chuck Greif and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This<br/>file was produced from images generously made available<br/>by The Internet Archive) |
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| Summary, etc. | "Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature" by J. G. Wood is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the profound connections between natural phenomena and human inventions, arguing that many technological advancements have their origins in nature's designs. Wood's perspective emphasizes that through observation and study of nature's prototypes, humans can create more effective tools, structures, and systems. The opening of this book introduces its central thesis: that nearly every human invention has a counterpart in the natural world. Wood begins by contrasting poetry and science, using the example of the Paper Nautilus to illustrate how poetry has historically romanticized natural entities that are merely imaginative. He then shifts focus to the example of the Velella, a marine organism that functions like a sailboat, highlighting how nature provides not only inspiration but also physical analogs for human technology, such as boats and propulsion systems. Wood furthers this idea by connecting other biological forms, like the Water-snail and Gnat, to their invented counterparts, establishing a framework for the chapters that follow, which will explore various inventions inspired by natural phenomena. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
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| Uncontrolled term | Natural history |
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| Uncontrolled term | Inventions |
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