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| Author | : Elin Kelsey |
| Publisher | : Wayland |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2019-02-28 |
| Genre | : Animal behavior |
| ISBN | : 9781526360588 |
"Wild Ideas" looks deep into the forests, skies and oceans to explore how animals solve problems. Whether it's weaving a safe place to rest and reflect, blowing a fine net of bubbles to trap fish, or leaping boldly into a new situation, the animals featured (including the orangutan, humpback whale and gibbon) can teach us a lot about creative problem solving tools and strategies. This book uses lyrical text grounded in current science alongside wonderfully detailed art to present problems as doorways to creative thinking. "Wild Ideas" encourages an inquiry-based approach to learning, inviting readers to indulge their sense of wonder and curiosity by observing the natural world, engaging with big ideas and asking questions
| Author | : Mary Lindeen |
| Publisher | : Beginning-To-Read, Read and Di |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018-07 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781684041480 |
"People get many good ideas from nature. Birds, snakes, burrs, and lizards have led to great ideas such as; bullet trains, snakebots, Velcro, and bandages. Includes science and reading activities, a note to caregivers, and a word list"--
| Author | : Hans Ulrich Obrist |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2021-06-03 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0141995327 |
Through 140 drawings, thought experiments, recipes, activist instructions, gardening ideas, insurgences and personal revolutions, artists who spend their lives thinking outside the box guide you to a new worldview; where you and the planet are one. Everything here is new. We invite you to rip out pages, to hang them up at home, to draw and scribble, to cook, to meditate, to take the book to your nearest green space. Featuring Olafur Eliasson, Etel Adnan, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jane Fonda & Swoon, Judy Chicago, Black Quantum Futurism Collective, Vivienne Westwood, Cauleen Smith, Marina Abramovic, Karrabing Film Collective, and many more.
| Author | : Janine M. Benyus |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2009-08-11 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0061958921 |
Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environment, and feed the world. Janine Benyus takes readers into the lab and in the field with maverick thinkers as they: discover miracle drugs by watching what chimps eat when they're sick; learn how to create by watching spiders weave fibers; harness energy by examining how a leaf converts sunlight into fuel in trillionths of a second; and many more examples. Composed of stories of vision and invention, personalities and pipe dreams, Biomimicry is must reading for anyone interested in the shape of our future.
| Author | : S. Pellegrino |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2014-05-04 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 3709125847 |
Deployable structures can vary their shape automatically from a compact, packaged configuration to an expanded, operational configuration. The first properly engineered deployable structures were used as stabilization booms on early spacecraft. Later on, more complex structures were devised for solar arrays, communication reflectors and telescopes. In other fields there have been a variety of developments, including retractable roofs for stadia, foldable components for cars, portable structures for temporary shelters and exhibition displays. Three main themes are discussed in this book: concepts, working principles, and mechanics of deployable structures, both in engineering and biology; in addition: theory of foldable bar structures and application to deployable tensegrieties; formulation of large-rotation analysis of deployable structures and finite-element simulation methods.
| Author | : Florence Williams |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2017-02-07 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0393242722 |
"Highly informative and remarkably entertaining." —Elle From forest trails in Korea, to islands in Finland, to eucalyptus groves in California, Florence Williams investigates the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. Delving into brand-new research, she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health, promote reflection and innovation, and strengthen our relationships. As our modern lives shift dramatically indoors, these ideas—and the answers they yield—are more urgent than ever.
| Author | : Elin Kelsey |
| Publisher | : Owlkids |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781926973357 |
Introduces readers to the extensive and surprising ways in which they are connected to the natural world around them.
| Author | : Rachel Haydon |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2020-08-13 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780995113688 |
A must-have natural science activity book for young New Zealanders and their families.From experiments and observation to conservation and mindfulness, this appealing, activity-packed book stimulates curious minds and encourages children to relate to the natural world around them. Written by an expert museum educator, its beautifully illustrated pages develop budding research skills, awareness of the environment, and understanding of the natural world.All sorts of learning styles are recognised here, with each activity being open to children who like to draw and those who like to write. The book's journal-like format and activities that range across the seasons make it a long-term and much treasured companion.M?tauranga M?ori concepts and the themes present in Te Papa's award-winning Te Taiao | Nature natural history galleries are an integral part of the content.
| Author | : F. W. J. von Schelling |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 1988-09-30 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780521357333 |
This is an English translation of Schelling's Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature (first published in 1797 and revised in 1803), one of the most significant works in the German tradition of philosophy of nature and early nineteenth-century philosophy of science. It stands in opposition to the Newtonian picture of matter as constituted by inert, impenetrable particles, and argues instead for matter as an equilibrium of active forces that engage in dynamic polar opposition to one another. In the revisions of 1803 Schelling incorporated this dialectical view into a neo-Platonic conception of an original unity divided upon itself. The text is of more than simply historical interest: its daring and original vision of nature, philosophy, and empirical science will prove absorbing reading for all philosophers concerned with post-Kantian German idealism, for scholars of German Romanticism, and for historians of science.
| Author | : Philip Sutton |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2017-03-14 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0230212441 |
How have sociologists responded to the emergence of environmentalism? What has sociology to offer the study of environmental problems? This uniquely comprehensive guide traces the origins and development of environmental movements and environmental issues, providing a critical review of the most significant debates in the new field of environmental sociology. It covers environmental ideas, environmental movements, social constructionism, critical realism, 'ecocentric' theory, environmental identities, risk society theory, sustainable development, Green consumerism, ecological modernization and debates around modernity and post- modernity. Philip Sutton adopts a long-term view, which focuses on the relationship between ideas of nature and environment, ecological identities and social change, providing a framework for future research. Bringing environmental isssues into contact with sociological theories, Nature, Environment and Society provides an up-to-date introduction to this important new field. It will be essential reading for all students of sociology, environmental studies and anyone interested in understanding environmental problems.
