Ideas from skins

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-57

  Vincent, Julian F V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Biomimetics   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0011873033     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801899678623     Document Type: Article

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