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Learning From the Octopus: How Secrets from Nature Can Help Us Fight Terrorist Attacks, Natural Disasters, and Disease
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Octopus defenses, marmot lie detection, salmon suicide and other natural phenomena provide inspiration for ways to improve national security.
Basic Books, 2012, 320 p., $26.99
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