Stronger than steel : spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope / Bridget Heos ; with photographs by Andy Comins.

By:

Heos, Bridget

Contributor(s):

Comins, Andy [ill.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Scientists in the fieldPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.Description: 79 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 29 cmISBN:

0547681267
9780547681269 (trade)

Subject(s): DDC classification:

595.4/4 23

LOC classification:

QL458.42.T48 H46 2013

Other classification:

JNF051050 | JNF003120 | JNF061010 | JNF024020

Summary: Discusses the work scientists are doing with the golden orb weaver spider, whose web silk is nearly indestructible, and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins needed to artificially spin the spider silk and produce it in a quantity that will make it realistic to use in health care, in body armor, in parachutes, and much more.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Ortaokul Kütüphanesi / Middle School Library	İngilizce Roman Dışı / English Non Fiction (MS)	595.4 HEO /I (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		T 337127

Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index.

Pub Weekly

Pub Weekly, January 2013

Discusses the work scientists are doing with the golden orb weaver spider, whose web silk is nearly indestructible, and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins needed to artificially spin the spider silk and produce it in a quantity that will make it realistic to use in health care, in body armor, in parachutes, and much more.