Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet

Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet

Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet

Brave Green World: How Science Can Save Our Planet

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Overview

How we can harness cutting-edge biology and manufacturing to fight waste and pollution.

In Nature, there is little chemical waste; nearly every atom is a resource to be utilized by organisms, ensuring that all the available matter remains in a perpetual cycle. By contrast, human systems of energy production and manufacturing are linear; the end product is waste. In Brave Green World, Chris Forman and Claire Asher show what our linear systems can learn from the efficient circularity of ecosystems. They offer an unblinkered yet realistic and positive vision of a future in which we can combine biology and manufacturing to solve our central problems of waste and pollution.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780262044462
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 03/30/2021
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 647,375
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Chris Forman is a physicist with a PhD in protein engineering, conducting research at Northwestern University into the organization of soft matter using experimental, theoretical, and computational approaches. Claire Asher is a biologist with a PhD in evolution and genetics, specializing in the behavior of ants. A widely published science writer, she has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Bloomsbury Theatre and appeared on BBC 4 and BBC Radio 4.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

1 Planet Energy Where Does Planet Earth Find Its Energy? 08

2 Circular Ecology Solutions Found in Nature 30

3 Humanity's Linear Systems Where the End Product Is Waste 54

4 The 3D Printer The Game-Changer of Additive Manufacturing 80

5 Synthetic Biology Creating Novel Biology 104

6 Emergence When What's Made Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts 128

7 Artificial Intelligence Algorithms The Magic Ingredient 152

8 The Digital Process Smart Materials 178

9 The Cities of the Future Log on and Print out Your Shopping 202

10 Taking it Further Space Travel and the Bottleneck 226

References 250

Glossary 252

Index 254

Acknowledgments 256

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