How Is a Bandage Like a Worm?: Medicine Imitating Nature

By Walt Brody

Book Overview

Medicine is always improving. One way doctors find new treatments is by observing nature. By studying animals like spiders and sharks, doctors can help their patients heal faster and more efficiently with biomimicry. Explore how biomimicry is used in surgeries, in healing wounds, and more

From bullet trains to bandages, learn how biology is inspiring new and improved inventions in the Imitating Nature series--part of the Lightning Bolt Books(R) collection. With bright designs, eye-catching photos, and lively text, Lightning Bolt Books(R) bring nonfiction topics to life.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728404185
• ISBN13: 9781728404189
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4