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There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future.Aarathi Prasad¿s Silk is a gorgeous new history weaving together the story of a unique material that has fascinated the world for millennia.

Silk--prized for its lightness, luminosity, and beauty--is also one of the strongest biological materials ever known. More than a century ago, it was used to make the first bulletproof vest, and yet science has barely even begun to tap its potential. As the technologies it has inspired--from sutures to pharmaceuticals, replacement body parts to holograms--continue to be developed in laboratories around the world, they are now also beginning to...

In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years.Silk?prized for its lightness, luminosity, and beauty?is also ...

In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years.Silk--prized for its lightness, luminosity, and beauty--is als...

In a gorgeous history book spanning continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad will weave the story of silk, the world's most extraordinary invention.

In a gorgeous history book spanning continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad will weave the story of silk, the world's most extraordinary invention.

Now in paperback, this is a comprehensive look at the history of medicine in India as Prasad delves into how it came to be the way it is today.

Biologist Aarathi Prasad looks at inconceivable ideas about conception, ranging from the 'Jesus Christ' lizard's cloning ability, to the 1950s hunt for a real-life virgin mother where one candidate provided a story that couldn't be disproved.