Sentence examples for inventions nature from inspiring English sources

As is often the case with human inventions, nature got there first.

2. Learn about new inventions mimicking nature by reading and discussing "Peter Parker's Alter Ego". 3. In pairs, create superheroes with special animal abilities and describe how an ordinary person might aspire to share the special characteristics.

But Vincent says he's glad to see scientists getting inventions from nature again, a tradition that lapsed after the clingy hooks of the burdock plant inspired the creation of Velcro in 1948.

Bionics (the imitation or abstraction of the "inventions of nature) and, to an even greater extent, synthetic biology, will be as relevant to engineering development and industry as the silicon chip was over the last 50 years.

The 2016 prize went to Andrea Wulf for her book 'The Invention of Nature'.

The Invention of Nature is both an adventure yarn and a story of ideas.

'The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science' (£25, John Murray) is out now.

Costa Biography Award: The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, The Lost Hero of Science by Andrea Wulf.

But, her instructor said, the invention was nature's own, truth once again proving stranger than fiction.

Leda Beth Gray, from the website The Invention of Nature (John Murray) is a lively biography of Alexander von Humboldt and the naturalists, scientists, philosophers and writers he influenced.

These are minor cavils, though, and should not stand in the way of readers eagerly reading The Invention of Nature – a superior celebration of an adorable figure.