From bat sonar to canes for the blind [Text]
by Allman, Toney.
Type:
BookSeries: Imitating nature. Publisher: KidHaven Press 2005Edition: 1st ed. Hardcover ed.Description: 32 p., col.ill.; 19 x 24 cm.ISBN: 0737731915.Subject(s): Blind | Canes for the blind | Echolocation (Physiology) | Inventions | Ears and hearing | Technology
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Book | 681.76 A439F (Browse shelf) | Available | 0186395555 |
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Summary: Describes bats' ability to to see with sound, a process called echolocation, explains how it works, and discusses the work of Dean Waters to develop a cane that allows blind people to imitate echolocation to help them get around better.