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Vollrath, Fritz – Scientific American, 1992
Compares the attributes of the silk from spiders with those of the commercially harvested silk from silkworms. Discusses the evolution, design, and effectiveness of spider webs; the functional mechanics of the varieties of silk that can be produced by the same spider; and the composite, as well as molecular, structure of spider silk thread. (JJK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Entomology, Higher Education
