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Title From kingfishers to-- bullet trains / by Wil Mara.

Imprint

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Cherry Lake Pub., c2013.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
PCMS Jumpstart Non-Fiction	625.2 MARA	---	Available

Description	32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Series	21st century skills innovation library. Innovations from nature
Note	Includes glossary.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Contents	Speeding through history - Hey, turn that down! - What in the world is biomimicry? - The future of bullet trains - The all-star team.
Summary	Introducing biomimicry, this book describes Hideo Shima's ideas for bullet trains by the research of a kingfisher's long, slender beak performed by Eiji Nakatsu.
Audience	4-8 Medialog, Inc.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades RL 7.0 1.0 quiz: 153408
Subject	Railroads -- Technological innovations.
	Birds -- Flight.
	Technological innovations.
ISBN	9781610804981 (lib.)
	9781610806725 (pbk.)