By Wil Mara
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Lee, Dora. Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 2011. McMahon, Peter. Ultimate Trains. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 2010. Von Finn, Denny. Bullet Trains. Minneapolis: Bellwether Media, 2009. web sites Ask Nature: What Is Biomimicry? org/article/view/what_is_biomimicry Find out more about biomimicry, with examples, further links, and interesting video content. com/projects/shinkansen A good overview of the famous Shinkansen railway, with details about its basic technology, how it functions every day, and proposed future developments.
Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 2011. McMahon, Peter. Ultimate Trains. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 2010. Von Finn, Denny. Bullet Trains. Minneapolis: Bellwether Media, 2009. web sites Ask Nature: What Is Biomimicry? org/article/view/what_is_biomimicry Find out more about biomimicry, with examples, further links, and interesting video content. com/projects/shinkansen A good overview of the famous Shinkansen railway, with details about its basic technology, how it functions every day, and proposed future developments.
Com/projects/shinkansen A good overview of the famous Shinkansen railway, with details about its basic technology, how it functions every day, and proposed future developments. I N NO VATI O N S F RO M n atu r e 32 bats, 19 Bessemer, Henry, 29 birds biomimicry, 15, 19 feathers, 15 kingfishers, 18–19 owls, 15 engineers, 12, 19, 22, 24, 25–26, 26–28, 29 Goicoechea, Alejandro, 29 Nakatsu, Eiji, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 Shima, Hideo, 26–28 snowfall, 22 spiders, 19 steel, 29 termites, 19 trains costs, 22, 24 design, 5, 12, 19, 22, 26–27, 29 diesel power, 7, 21, 29 Diolkos pathways, 5 earthquakes and, 22 electricity and, 6–7, 8, 11, 19, 27 environment and, 8, 21–22 flange, 5 noise, 11–12, 14, 15–16, 19, 22, 24 pantographs, 11, 15, 22 pollution, 21 rails, 5, 12, 22, 26, 29 Reisszug railway, 8 safety, 12, 22, 24 Shinkansen railway, 7–8, 11, 12, 20, 26–27 sonic booms, 11–12, 15–16 speeds, 7, 8, 11, 12, 19, 22, 24, 29 steam power, 5, 26 tunnels, 11, 15–16, 18, 19, 29 wind resistance, 16, 18, 22, 24 Trevithick, Richard, 25–26 vortices, 15 Yajima, Seiichi, 14, 15 About the Author Wil Mara is the award-winning author of more than 120 books, many of which are educational titles for young readers.