Bioinspiration
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Bioinspiration refers to the human development of novel materials, devices, structures, and behaviors inspired by solutions found in biological organisms, where they have evolved and been refined over
A wing tip of an airplane
Galileo Galilei
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Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei, commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer and polymath. He was born in Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence.
Portrait c. 1640
Portrait believed to be of Galileo's elder daughter Virginia, who was particularly devoted to her father
"Cannocchiali" telescopes at the Museo Galileo, Florence, suspected to be Galilean telescopes (top: 1610–1630; bottom: 1609–1640)
An illustration of the Moon from Sidereus Nuncius, published in Venice, 1610