Name: Silk
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
SKU: 9780008451882
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Author: Aarathi Prasad
ISBN: 9780008451882

Author: Aarathi Prasad

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A History in Three Metamorphoses

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Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future of a unique material that has fascinated the world for millennia.

For silk, prized for its lightness, luminosity, and beauty is also one of the strongest biological materials ever known. More than a century ago, it was used to make the first bulletproof vest, and yet science has barely even begun to tap its potential. As the technologies it has inspired - from sutures to pharmaceuticals, replacement body parts to holograms - continue to be developed in laboratories around the world, they are now also beginning to offer a desperately needed, sustainable alternative to the plastics choking our planet.

Prasad's Silk is a cultural and biological history from the origins and ancient routes of silk to the biologists who learned the secrets of silk-producing animals, manipulating the habitats and physiologies of moths, spiders and molluscs. Because there is more than one silk, there is more than one story of silk. More than one road, more than one people who discovered it, and wove its threads.

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Format: Paperback
Reading age: 18+
Pages: 368
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 4 July 2024
Language: English
ISBN: 9780008451882

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