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Peter Forbes

Peter Forbes

Peter Forbes speaks with Carole Angier about poetic form, objectivity and the science of mimicking nature. Peter Forbes tells Carole Angier about the appeal of objectivity and poetic forms, and discusses the art of mimicking nature — be it learning from burrs how to make velcro, or learning from animals how to camouflage armies.


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