2020 Finalist: Young Adult Science Book

How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls: Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future, by David L. Hu. Princeton University Press, 2018.

Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls, David Hu takes readers on an accessible, wondrous journey into the world of animal motion.