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1Arbeitsstelle Technische Biologie und Bionik der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz an der Universität des Saarlandes. w.nachtigall@mx.uni-saarland.de
Acta Historica Leopoldina
|May 13, 2011
Abstract:
The procedural approaches of Technical Biology and Bionics are characterized, and analogy research is identified as their common basis. The actual creative aspect in bionical research lies in recognizing and exploiting technically oriented analogies underlying a specific biological prototype to indicate a specific technical application.
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