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			''Though human genius in its various inventions with various instruments may answer the same end, it will never find an invention more beautiful or more simple or direct than nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.''


			Quote by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci '''Leonardo da Vinci'''] on the base of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Paolozzi '''Paolozzi's 'Head of Invention''''] sculpture outside the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Museum '''Design Museum, London'''].


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	The mathematical biologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson '''D'Arcy Thompson'''], compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book '''<dtamazon product="B014GG7CAY" type="text">'On Growth and Form'</dtamazon>''' - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. '''Kurt Rowland''' in his book '''<dtamazon product="B0006CU9ZS" type="text">'~~TheShapes~~ We Need'</dtamazon>''' ''(from the excellent '''<dtamazon product="B0006CU9ZS" type="text">'Looking and Seeing'</dtamazon>''' series)'' showed that bone structures grow to reflect the lines of the forces exerted upon them. It could be argued therefore that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics '''Biomimicry'''] is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?		The mathematical biologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson '''D'Arcy Thompson'''], compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book '''<dtamazon product="B014GG7CAY" type="text">'On Growth and Form'</dtamazon>''' - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. '''Kurt Rowland''' in his book '''<dtamazon product="B0006CU9ZS" type="text">'The Shapes We Need'</dtamazon>''' ''(from the excellent '''<dtamazon product="B0006CU9ZS" type="text">'Looking and Seeing'</dtamazon>''' series)'' showed that bone structures grow to reflect the lines of the forces exerted upon them. It could be argued therefore that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics '''Biomimicry'''] is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?
	[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]		[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]

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	The mathematical biologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson '''D'Arcy Thompson'''], compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form~~ '''On Growth and Form'''] - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. It could be argued therefore that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics '''Biomimicry'''] is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?		The mathematical biologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson '''D'Arcy Thompson'''], compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book '''<dtamazon product="B014GG7CAY" type="text">'On Growth and Form'</dtamazon>''' - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. '''Kurt Rowland''' in his book '''<dtamazon product="B0006CU9ZS" type="text">'TheShapes We Need'</dtamazon>''' ''(from the excellent '''<dtamazon product="B0006CU9ZS" type="text">'Looking and Seeing'</dtamazon>''' series)'' showed that bone structures grow to reflect the lines of the forces exerted upon them. It could be argued therefore that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics '''Biomimicry'''] is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?
	[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]		[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]

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	The mathematical biologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson '''D'Arcy Thompson'''], compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form '''On Growth and Form'''] - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. It could be argued therefore that '''Biomimicry''' is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?		The mathematical biologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson '''D'Arcy Thompson'''], compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form '''On Growth and Form'''] - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. It could be argued therefore that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics '''Biomimicry'''] is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?
	[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]		[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]


	But '''Biomimicry''' not only applies to large structures: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro '''Velcro'''] was developed as a result of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mestral '''George de Mestral's'''] curiosity as to why [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bur seed burrs] where sticking to his clothes; suction cups emulate those found on Octopuses and Beetles; the shape of the front of Japan's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen '''Shinkansen Bullet Train'''] was inspired by the shape of a Kingfisher’s beak; and various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosthesis prosthetic limbs] or walking and climbing robots, mimic the functions of animal skeletons.		But [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics '''Biomimicry'''] not only applies to large structures: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro '''Velcro'''] was developed as a result of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mestral '''George de Mestral's'''] curiosity as to why [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bur seed burrs] where sticking to his clothes; suction cups emulate those found on Octopuses and Beetles; the shape of the front of Japan's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen '''Shinkansen Bullet Train'''] was inspired by the shape of a Kingfisher’s beak; and various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosthesis prosthetic limbs] or walking and climbing robots, mimic the functions of animal skeletons.


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	The mathematical biologist D'Arcy Thompson, compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form '''On Growth and Form'''] - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. It could be argued therefore that '''Biomimicry''' is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?		The mathematical biologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson '''D'Arcy Thompson'''], compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form '''On Growth and Form'''] - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. It could be argued therefore that '''Biomimicry''' is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?
	[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]		[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]

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	The mathematical biologist D'Arcy Thompson, compares the structural form of the Forth Bridge with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form '''On Growth and Form'''] - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. It could be argued therefore that '''Biomimicry''' is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?		The mathematical biologist D'Arcy Thompson, compares the structural form of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_Bridge '''Forth Bridge'''] with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form '''On Growth and Form'''] - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. It could be argued therefore that '''Biomimicry''' is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?
	[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]		[[File:VelcroFasteners.png\|200px\|right\|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomimetics '''Biomimicry'''] involves the study of nature to help find solutions to technical problems. Famously, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci '''Leonardo da Vinci'''] analysed the anatomy of humans and animals, including how muscular forces are applied the skeleton to make it work ''(i.e. the beginnings of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomechanics '''Biomechanics'''])''. His studies of birds for example, led to his well-known plans for several flying machines.

Similar work was later continued by German engineer, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Lilienthal '''Otto Lilienthal'''], who based on his studies of birds and how they fly, wrote a book on aerodynamics that was published in 1889 which was used by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers '''Wright Brothers'''] as the basis for their designs.

The mathematical biologist D'Arcy Thompson, compares the structural form of the Forth Bridge with the cantilevered skeleton of an ox in his 1917 book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form '''On Growth and Form'''] - a book which argues that it is physics and effects of scale which shape animals and plants. It could be argued therefore that '''Biomimicry''' is in some ways a form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering '''Reverse Engineering'''] perhaps?
[[File:VelcroFasteners.png|200px|right|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&index=aps&keywords=velcro&linkCode=as2&tag=dton06-21]]

But '''Biomimicry''' not only applies to large structures: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro '''Velcro'''] was developed as a result of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mestral '''George de Mestral's'''] curiosity as to why [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bur seed burrs] where sticking to his clothes; suction cups emulate those found on Octopuses and Beetles; the shape of the front of Japan's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen '''Shinkansen Bullet Train'''] was inspired by the shape of a Kingfisher’s beak; and various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosthesis prosthetic limbs] or walking and climbing robots, mimic the functions of animal skeletons.

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