Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

CHAPTER ONE Something New Under the Sun

CHAPTER TWO The Great Sacred Lotus Cleans Up

CHAPTER THREE Nature’s Nylon

CHAPTER FOUR Clinging to the Ceiling

CHAPTER FIVE The Gleam in Nature’s Eye

CHAPTER SIX The Molecular Erector Set

CHAPTER SEVEN Insects Can’t Fly

CHAPTER EIGHT Origami for Engineers

CHAPTER NINE The Push and Pull Building System

CHAPTER TEN Designing the Future (Naturally)

NOTES

FURTHER READING

INDEX

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Praise

About the Publisher