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Next Nature
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Author : K.M. Mensvoort
language : en
Publisher: Actarbirkhauser
Release Date : 2011
Next Nature written by K.M. Mensvoort and has been published by Actarbirkhauser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Design categories.
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Next Nature
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Author : Mieke Gerritzen
language : en
Publisher: Bis Publishers
Release Date : 2005
Next Nature written by Mieke Gerritzen and has been published by Bis Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Design categories.
Mieke Gerritzen is back! Her latest book, Next Nature, is a critical and visual take on humankind's continuous endeavors to imitate and improve upon Mother Nature. Full of statements, short essays and images by designers and thinkers from around the world, it is punctuated throughout with witty observations on the concept of nature within the stilted framework of the built environment. Designed by Mieke Gerritzen, Next nature is produced in the same format as her previous, bestselling titles Mobile Minded and Everyone is a Designer.
Next Nature
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Author : Koert van Mensvoort
language : en
Publisher: Next Nature Network
Release Date : 2020-12-17
Next Nature written by Koert van Mensvoort and has been published by Next Nature Network this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Think of nature and you’re likely to picture a forest, not a freeway. But how natural is nature really? We live in a world of constructed wildlife reserves, rainbow tulips, designer babies and cultured meat. We control a tomato’s biology so precisely, you can hardly call it natural anymore. Meanwhile, our grip on the Internet and the financial markets has grown so slight that they’re coming to resemble forces of nature. Using countless well-known examples and scientific insights, Koert van Mensvoort shows how a technosphere is evolving on top of a biosphere billions of years old. He’ll take you on an epic journey full of businesses that breathe, woods that smell like shampoo, and creatures that live on plastic. Along the way, a totally new view of the natural world will unfurl – one that’s not only more realistic but infinitely more creative, exciting and beautiful. To cope with the immense challenges facing the world today, we need to go forward, not back, to nature.
Nature Next Door
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Author : Ellen Stroud
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2012-12-15
Nature Next Door written by Ellen Stroud and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-15 with Nature categories.
The once denuded northeastern United States is now a region of trees. Nature Next Door argues that the growth of cities, the construction of parks, the transformation of farming, the boom in tourism, and changes in the timber industry have together brought about a return of northeastern forests. Although historians and historical actors alike have seen urban and rural areas as distinct, they are in fact intertwined, and the dichotomies of farm and forest, agriculture and industry, and nature and culture break down when the focus is on the history of Northeastern woods. Cities, trees, mills, rivers, houses, and farms are all part of a single transformed regional landscape. In an examination of the cities and forests of the northeastern United States-with particular attention to the woods of Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Vermont-Ellen Stroud shows how urbanization processes there fostered a period of recovery for forests, with cities not merely consumers of nature but creators as well. Interactions between city and hinterland in the twentieth century Northeast created a new wildness of metropolitan nature: a reforested landscape intricately entangled with the region's cities and towns.
Next Nature
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Author : K.M. Mensvoort
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
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Fragile Web
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Author : Jonathan W. Silvertown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Fragile Web written by Jonathan W. Silvertown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Nature categories.
Jonathan Silvertown is professor of ecology at the Open University, Milton Keynes, and the author of An Orchard Invisible and Demons in Eden and editor of 99% Ape, all published by the University of Chicago Press. --Book Jacket.
Engineering Education For The Next Generation A Nature Inspired Approach
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Author : Samuel Cord Stier
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2020-03-10
Engineering Education For The Next Generation A Nature Inspired Approach written by Samuel Cord Stier and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-10 with Education categories.
Guide your students through the fascinating world of engineering, and how to draw inspiration from Nature’s genius to create, make, and innovate a better human-built world. Studded with more than 150 illustrations of natural phenomena and engineering concepts, this fascinating and practical book clearly demonstrates how engineering design is broadly relevant for all students, not just those who may become scientists or engineers. Mr. Stier describes clever, engaging activities for students at every grade level to grasp engineering concepts by exploring the everyday design genius of the natural world around us. Students will love learning about structural engineering while standing on eggs; investigating concepts in sustainable design by manufacturing cement out of car exhaust; and coming to understand how ant behavior has revolutionized the way computer programs, robots, movies, and video games are designed today. You will come away with an understanding of engineering and Nature unlike any you’ve had before, while taking your ability to engage students to a whole new level. Engineering Education for the Next Generation is a wonderful introduction to the topic for any teacher who wants to understand more about engineering design in particular, its relation to the larger subjects of STEM/STEAM, and how to engage students from all backgrounds in a way that meaningfully transforms their outlook on the world and their own creativity in a lifelong way. · Fun to read, comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge approaches to K-12 engineering education · Detailed descriptions and explanations to help teachers create activities and lessons · An emphasis on engaging students with broad and diverse interests and backgrounds · Insights from a leading, award-winning K-12 engineering curriculum that has reached thousands of teachers and students in the U.S. and beyond · Additional support website (www.LearningWithNature.org) providing more background, videos, curricula, slide decks, and other supplemental materials
Biomimicry For Aerospace
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Author : Vikram Shyam
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2022-02-19
Biomimicry For Aerospace written by Vikram Shyam and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-19 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The solutions to technical challenges posed by flight and space exploration tend to be multidimensional, multifunctional, and increasingly focused on the interaction of systems and their environment. The growing discipline of biomimicry focuses on what humanity can learn from the natural world. Biomimicry for Aerospace: Technologies and Applications features the latest advances of bioinspired materials–properties relationships for aerospace applications. Readers will get a deep dive into the utility of biomimetics to solve a number of technical challenges in aeronautics and space exploration. Part I: Biomimicry in Aerospace: Education, Design, and Inspiration provides an educational background to biomimicry applied for aerospace applications. Part II: Biomimetic Design: Aerospace and Other Practical Applications discusses applications and practical aspects of biomimetic design for aerospace and terrestrial applications and its cross-disciplinary nature. Part III: Biomimicry and Foundational Aerospace Disciplines covers snake-inspired robots, biomimetic advances in photovoltaics, electric aircraft cooling by bioinspired exergy management, and surrogate model-driven bioinspired optimization algorithms for large-scale and complex problems. Finally, Part IV: Bio-Inspired Materials, Manufacturing, and Structures reviews nature-inspired materials and processes for space exploration, gecko-inspired adhesives, bioinspired automated integrated circuit manufacturing on the Moon and Mars, and smart deployable space structures inspired by nature. Introduces educational aspects of bio-inspired design for novel and practical technologies Presents a series of bio-inspired technologies applicable to the field of aerospace engineering Provides an introduction to nature-inspired design and engineering and its relevance to planning and developing the next generation of robotic and human space missions
The In Vitro Meat Cook Book
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Author : Koert van Mensvoort
language : en
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Release Date : 2014-11-04
The In Vitro Meat Cook Book written by Koert van Mensvoort and has been published by BIS Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-04 with Cooking categories.
Includes the In Vitro hamburger and 45 other recipes. Beautifully designed book that will make the world think about future food.
Avatar And Nature Spirituality
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Author : Bron Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2013-08-14
Avatar And Nature Spirituality written by Bron Taylor and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-14 with Religion categories.
Avatar and Nature Spirituality explores the cultural and religious significance of James Cameron's film Avatar (2010), one of the most commercially successful motion pictures of all time. Its success was due in no small measure to the beauty of the Pandora landscape and the dramatic, heart-wrenching plight of its nature-venerating inhabitants. To some audience members, the film was inspirational, leading them to express affinity with the film's message of ecological interdependence and animistic spirituality. Some were moved to support the efforts of indigenous peoples, who were metaphorically and sympathetically depicted in the film, to protect their cultures and environments. To others, the film was politically, ethically, or spiritually dangerous. Indeed, the global reception to the film was intense, contested, and often confusing. To illuminate the film and its reception, this book draws on an interdisciplinary team of scholars, experts in indigenous traditions, religious studies, anthropology, literature and film, and post-colonial studies. Readers will learn about the cultural and religious trends that gave rise to the film and the reasons these trends are feared, resisted, and criticized, enabling them to wrestle with their own views, not only about the film but about the controversy surrounding it. Like the film itself, Avatar and Nature Spirituality provides an opportunity for considering afresh the ongoing struggle to determine how we should live on our home planet, and what sorts of political, economic, and spiritual values and practices would best guide us.