Amazing feats of biological engineering /
by Melissa Abramovitz ; content consultant Dan Phillips.
- 112 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm
- Great achievements in engineering .
- Great achievements in engineering. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Science fiction to reality -- Biological engineering -- The bionic leg -- The bionic future -- Synthetic organs -- Custom organs for all? -- Hello, Dolly -- Good-bye, Dolly -- Future directions.
Junior Library Guild
Engineers offer innovative solutions to the toughest challenges facing the world. They are involved in supplying water to Africa, building rockets, and creating bionic limbs. They design the tallest buildings, the longest bridges, and the fastest aircraft. Engineers have taken us to the moon and beyond!