HARD TO FIND. Describes physiology and adaptations in animals which have inspired human inventions.

Thin paperback. Import sticker on back. Small white spot on back cover. A few small brown marks on front cover. 

The book was translated from the Russian by Eleanor Yankowskaya and the illustrations are by B. Kyshtymov. The book was published by Malysh in 1981.

The book describes physiology and adaptations in animals which have inspired human inventions. There is a term for these innovations called as Biomimetics. The book introduces these themes in a manner which makes it interesting. Technologies and tools such as the battering ram, bridges, parachutes, axes, wings, radars, thermal imaging, etc. are discussed with their natural counterparts.