ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the biomimetic method in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Predictability on the basis of scientic understanding is a precondition for technology. The aims of science are to explain and understand and to organize knowledge. With a solid scientic basis, it shall be possible to make predictions, for example, about the movement of planets or asteroids, molecules, water ow around pillars, or emergent properties such as bird ock ying patterns and swarm intelligence in ants. To achieve this, various techniques and methods are applied.
