About the Book: Biometrics: Unique and Diverse Applications in Nature, Science,
and Technology
Biometrics-Unique and Diverse Applications in Nature, Science, and Technology
provides a unique sampling of the diverse ways in which biometrics is integrated
into our lives and our technology. From time immemorial, we as humans have been
intrigued by, perplexed by, and entertained by observing and analyzing ourselves
and the natural world around us. Science and technology have evolved to a point
where we can empirically record a measure of a biological or behavioral feature
and use it for recognizing patterns, trends, and or discrete phenomena, such as
individuals-and this is what biometrics is all