Fascinating Bionics

The movements of birds and beasts, fish and insects have long attracted human attention, dreaming of moving on land, water, and air as easily and gracefully as they do. However, it took many millennia before people created the science of motion — mechanics — and were able to find materials and create designs that rival in speed and distance the movements of any representatives of the animal world. Alexander Leonovich, the author of the book Fascinating Bionics, will tell about the unusual abilities of certain animals and inventions inspired by them. How do animals change color? What is echolocation? How can we predict a storm or an earthquake? What allows better vision in darkness and underwater? What are vibrissae for? Answers to these and many other questions will be found. For middle school age.