*.The German aerodynamicist Dietrich Bechert pointed out to me that many German scientists active in the field of bio-inspiration, or Bionik as it is known in Germany, have curiously appropriate names: Nachtigall (nightingale), Hummel (bumblebee), Spätz (sparrow). There’s an institute for bees and the man in charge is called Bienefeld (bee-field). Then there’s Professor Fisch who works on fish…This is the phenomenon that Tom Stoppard named in his play Jumpers the ‘Cognomen Syndrome’.