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Nature As Measure
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Author : Wes Jackson
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Nature As Measure written by Wes Jackson and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with Nature categories.
An essential and timely collection of wise and compelling essays from one of the longtime leaders of the sustainable agriculture movement in America. Wes Jackson, “a well–known and admired advocate for sustainability especially as it relates to agriculture, has the rare ability to transform his convictions into captivating prose . . . Jackson’s thoughts are still as significant and profound as they were nearly 20 years ago” (Publishers Weekly) and can teach us many things about the land, soil, and conservation, but what most resonates is this: The ecosphere is self–regulating, and as often as we attempt to understand it, we are not its builders, and our manuals will often be faulty. The only responsible way to learn the nuances of the land is to study the soil and vegetation in their natural state and pass this knowledge on to future generations. “[A] small book rich in ideas” (The New York Times Book Review), Nature as Measure collects Jackson’s essays from Altars of Unhewn Stone and Becoming Native to This Place, presenting ideas of land conservation and education that are written from the point of view of a man who has practiced what he’s preached and proven that it is possible to partially restore much of the land that we’ve ravaged. Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy, grounded in nature’s principles and located in dying small towns and rural communities. Exploding the tenets of industrial agriculture, Jackson seeks to integrate food production with nature in a way that sustains both. His longtime friend Wendell Berry provides an informative, contextual Introduction. “For those concerned about what will be left and how many billion will be starving in twenty years, this is a must read.” —Register of the Kentucky Historical Society “A good introduction to a thinker whose ideas on agriculture are radical both in their technical approach to food production as well as in terms of the economic, social, and cultural context within which it is practiced.” —Review of Radical Political Economics
Nature As Measure
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Author : Wes Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Nature As Measure written by Wes Jackson and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Nature categories.
An essential and timely collection of wise and compelling essays from one of the longtime leaders of the sustainable agriculture movement in America. Wes Jackson, “a well–known and admired advocate for sustainability especially as it relates to agriculture, has the rare ability to transform his convictions into captivating prose . . . Jackson’s thoughts are still as significant and profound as they were nearly 20 years ago” (Publishers Weekly) and can teach us many things about the land, soil, and conservation, but what most resonates is this: The ecosphere is self–regulating, and as often as we attempt to understand it, we are not its builders, and our manuals will often be faulty. The only responsible way to learn the nuances of the land is to study the soil and vegetation in their natural state and pass this knowledge on to future generations. “[A] small book rich in ideas” (The New York Times Book Review), Nature as Measure collects Jackson’s essays from Altars of Unhewn Stone and Becoming Native to This Place, presenting ideas of land conservation and education that are written from the point of view of a man who has practiced what he’s preached and proven that it is possible to partially restore much of the land that we’ve ravaged. Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy, grounded in nature’s principles and located in dying small towns and rural communities. Exploding the tenets of industrial agriculture, Jackson seeks to integrate food production with nature in a way that sustains both. His longtime friend Wendell Berry provides an informative, contextual Introduction. “For those concerned about what will be left and how many billion will be starving in twenty years, this is a must read.” —Register of the Kentucky Historical Society “A good introduction to a thinker whose ideas on agriculture are radical both in their technical approach to food production as well as in terms of the economic, social, and cultural context within which it is practiced.” —Review of Radical Political Economics
Defining And Measuring Nature
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Author : Jeffrey Huw Williams
language : en
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Release Date : 2014-03-01
Defining And Measuring Nature written by Jeffrey Huw Williams and has been published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-01 with Science categories.
Weights and measures form an essential part of our ingrained view of the world. It is just about impossible to function effectively without some internalized system of measurement. In this volume, I outline a history of the science of measurement, and the
Nature And Human Society
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Author : Peter H. Raven
language : en
Publisher: National Academies
Release Date : 2000-03-07
Nature And Human Society written by Peter H. Raven and has been published by National Academies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-03-07 with Technology & Engineering categories.
From earliest times, human beings have noticed patterns in nature: night and day, tides and lunar cycles, the changing seasons, plant succession, and animal migration. While recognizing patterns conferred great survival advantage, we are now in danger from our own success in multiplying our numbers and altering those patterns for our own purposes. It is imperative that we engage again with the patterns of nature, but this time, with awareness of our impact as a species. How will burgeoning human populations affect the health of ecosystems? Is loss of species simply a regrettable byproduct of human expansion? Or is the planet passing into a new epoch in just a few human generations? Nature and Human Society presents a wide-ranging exploration of these and other fundamental questions about our relationship with the environment. This book features findings, insights, and informed speculations from key figures in the field: E.O. Wilson, Thomas Lovejoy, Peter H. Raven, Gretchen Daily, David Suzuki, Norman Myers, Paul Erlich, Michael Bean, and many others. This volume explores the accelerated extinction of species and what we stand to lose--medicines, energy sources, crop pollination and pest control, the ability of water and soil to renew itself through biological processes, aesthetic and recreational benefits--and how these losses may be felt locally and acutely. What are the specific threats to biodiversity? The book explores human population growth, the homogenization of biota as a result in tourism and trade, and other factors, including the social influences of law, religious belief, and public education. Do we have the tools to protect biodiversity? The book looks at molecular genetics, satellite data, tools borrowed from medicine, and other scientific techniques to firm up our grasp of important processes in biology and earth science, including the "new" science of conservation biology. Nature and Human Society helps us renew our understanding and appreciation for natural patterns, with surprising details about microorganisms, nematodes, and other overlooked forms of life: their numbers, pervasiveness, and importance to the health of the soil, water, and air and to a host of human endeavors. This book will be of value to anyone who believes that the world's gross natural product is as important as the world's gross national product.
Sharing Nature S Interest
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Author : Nicky Chambers
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-14
Sharing Nature S Interest written by Nicky Chambers and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-14 with Nature categories.
Ecological footprinting is rapidly being adopted as an effective and practical way to measure our impact on the environment - in both large- and small-scale planning and development. This is an introduction to ecological footprint analysis, showing how it can be done, and how to measure the footprints of activities, lifestyles, organizations and regions. Case studies illustrate its effectiveness at national, organizational, individual and product levels.
Recovery Of The Measure
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Author : Robert Cummings Neville
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1989-08-15
Recovery Of The Measure written by Robert Cummings Neville and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-08-15 with Philosophy categories.
"The world is as we interpret it." Arguing that this assumption is a major and pervasive error, Neville demonstrates that the world is the measure of our interpretations. Distinguishing two traditions of hermeneutics, the continental tradition focusing on the interpretation of texts and the American tradition on the interpretation of nature; Neville argues that, since interpretation itself is part of the natural world, a philosophical vision of nature must be restored to currency in order to provide an interpretive theory of the world that can be a measure of interpretation. The natural world must be construed richly enough to be inclusive of human intention and purpose. By taking the discussion of hermeneutics from the context of textuality and placing it within that of nature, Recovery of the Measure provides a non-modernist and non-postmodernist theory of interpretation. The first four chapters and the last four constitute a hermeneutical theory addressing contemporary problems of interpretation situated in the context of the philosophy of nature. The middle chapters provide a compact philosophy of nature dealing with being, identity, value, space, time, motion, and causation.
Beyond Measure
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Author : Jay Kappraff
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2002-12-16
Beyond Measure written by Jay Kappraff and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-16 with Art categories.
This book consists of essays that stand on their own but are also loosely connected. Part I documents how numbers and geometry arise in several cultural contexts and in nature: the ancient musical scale, proportion in architecture, ancient geometry, megalithic stone circles, the hidden pavements of the Laurentian library, the shapes of the Hebrew letters, and the shapes of biological forms. The focus is on how certain numbers, such as the golden and silver means, present themselves within these systems. Part II shows how many of the same numbers and number sequences are related to the modern mathematical study of numbers, dynamical systems, chaos, and fractals. Contents: Essays in Geometry and Number as They Arise in Nature, Music, Architecture and Design:The Spiral in Nature and MythThe Vortex of LifeHarmonic LawThe Projective Nature of the Musical ScaleThe Music of the SpheresTangrams and Amish QuiltsLinking Proportions, Architecture, and MusicA Secret of Ancient GeometryThe Hyperbolic Brunes StarThe Hidden Pavements of the Laurentian LibraryMeasure in Megalithic BritainThe Flame-hand Letters of the Hebrew AlphabetConcepts Described in Part I Reappear in the Context of Fractals, Chaos, Plant Growth and Other Dynamical Systems:Self-Referential SystemsNature's Number SystemNumber: Gray Code and the Towers of HanoiGray Code, Sets, and LogicChaos Theory: A Challenge to PredictabilityFractalsChaos and FractalsThe Golden MeanGeneralizations of the Golden Mean — IGeneralizations of the Golden Mean — IlPolygons and ChaosGrowth of Plants: A Study in NumberDynamical Systems Readership: Polytechnic or college students, designers, mathematicians and general readers. Keywords:General Mathematics;GeometryReviews:“This unusual book contains many interesting observations about the real world and relates these observations to one another by means of the 'higher artithmetic' of real numbers. The book is thus a carefully crafted combination of philosophy, history, biology, geography, philology, geology, and chemistry engagingly woven together by the quadrivium of music, astronomy, geometry and number.” H S M Coxeter University of Toronto “Broad in scope, ‘Beyond Measure’ is filled with fascinating and valuable information — not only for curious students and lay people — but also for the seasoned researcher. From ancient myths, to music, to fractals and consiousness itself, Jay Kappraff ranges far and wide in an exhilarating, challenging, and innovative book sure to stimulate reader's sense of wonder at the incredible vastness of our mathematical universe.”Clifford A Pickover T J Watson Research Centre, IBM “Jay Kappraff has a rare ability to convey discoveries and ideas of fellow mathematicians and scientists to the interested general public. In his latest book, ‘Beyond Measure’, he presents the unity of numbers and culture and helps the reader make his and her own discoveries in the world around us.” Istvan Hargittai Budapest Technical University “Beyond Measure is bound to increase your appreciation of the role of matheamtics in our world.” Library of Science “… the topics are interesting … it is very well written and contains much of interest.” Mathematical Reviews “This pleasant book should be in the hands of many non-mathematicians and is of interest also for mathematicians.” Zentralblatt MATH
Nature S Capacities And Their Measurement
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Author : Nancy Cartwright
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1989-08-10
Nature S Capacities And Their Measurement written by Nancy Cartwright and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-08-10 with Science categories.
This book argues for the place of capacities within an grounds of meaning, not method. Yet it is questions of method that should concern the modern empiricist: can capacities be measured? Cartwright argues that they are measured if anything is. Stanford University's Gravity-Probe-B will measure capacities in a cryogenic dewar deep in space. More mundanely, we use probabilities to measure capacities, and the assumptions required to ensure that probabilities are a reliable instrument are investigated in the opening chapters of this book, where the early methods of econometrics set a model. The last chapter applies lessons about probabilities and capacities to quantum mechanics and the Bell inequalities. The central thesis throughout is that capacities not only can be admitted by empiricists, but indeed must be - otherwise the empirical methods of modern science will make no sense.
Natural Capital
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Author : Dieter Helm
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Natural Capital written by Dieter Helm and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Hard-hitting recommendations for what must be done to manage global natural capital and reverse environmental destruction Natural capital is what nature provides to us for free. Renewables--like species--keep on coming, provided we do not drive them towards extinction. Non-renewables--like oil and gas--can only be used once. Together, they are the foundation that ensures our survival and well-being, and the basis of all economic activity. In the face of the global, local, and national destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems, economist Dieter Helm here offers a crucial set of strategies for establishing natural capital policy that is balanced, economically sustainable, and politically viable. Helm shows why the commonly held view that environmental protection poses obstacles to economic progress is false, and he explains why the environment must be at the very core of economic planning. He presents the first real attempt to calibrate, measure, and value natural capital from an economic perspective and goes on to outline a stable new framework for sustainable growth. Bristling with ideas of immediate global relevance, Helm's book shifts the parameters of current environmental debate. As inspiring as his trailblazing The Carbon Crunch, this volume will be essential reading for anyone concerned with reversing the headlong destruction of our environment.
Beyond Measure
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Beyond Measure written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Design categories.