The Gecko's Foot - Bio-Inspiration: Engineered from Nature
by Peter Forbes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0007179901
- ISBN 13
- 9780007179909
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
$15.83$12.67
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate, 2005 Book. Very Good. Orange Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Introduction to the emerging science of bio-inspiration - using the techniques nature has perfected over millions of years of evolution, for example seeking to match the adhesive qualities of the gecko's foot. 272pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Silver lettering to spine. Small bump to lower edge and very light foxing to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edgewear and surface marking and some fading to spine..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011560
- Title
- The Gecko's Foot - Bio-Inspiration: Engineered from Nature
- Author
- Peter Forbes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0007179901
- ISBN 13
- 9780007179909
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biology; Science;
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Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
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