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  • Borrowed Knowledge: Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines

    Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines

    de Stephen H. Kellert ...
    What happens to scientific knowledge when researchers outside the natural sciences bring elements of the latest trend across disciplinary boundaries for their own purposes? Researchers in fields from anthropology to family therapy and traffic planning employ the concepts, methods, and results of chaos theory to harness the disciplinary prestige of the natural sciences, to motivate methodological ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Birthright: People and Nature in the Modern World

    de Stephen R. Kellert ...
    Human health and well-being are inextricably linked to nature; our connection to the natural world is part of our biological inheritance. In this engaging book, a pioneer in the field of biophilia—the study of human beings' inherent affinity for nature—sets forth the first full account of nature's powerful influence on the quality of our lives. Stephen Kellert asserts that our capacities to think, ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Nature by Design

    The Practice of Biophilic Design

    de Stephen R. Kellert ...
    Biophilia is the theory that people possess an inherent affinity for nature, which developed during the long course of human evolution. In recent years, studies have revealed that this inclination continues to be a vital component to human health and wellbeing. Given the pace and scale of construction today with its adversarial, dominative relationship with nature, the integration of nature with ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Biophilic Design

    The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life

    de Stephen R. Kellert, Judith Heerwagen, Martin Mador ...
    "When nature inspires our architecture-not just how it looks but how buildings and communities actually function-we will have made great strides as a society. Biophilic Design provides us with tremendous insight into the 'why,' then builds us a road map for what is sure to be the next great design journey of our times."-Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chairman, U.S. Green Building ... Leer más

    $85.00 USD

  • Building for Life

    Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection

    de Stephen R. Kellert ...
    Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of "restorative environmental design," award-winning author Stephen R. Kellert proposes a new architectural model of sustainability.In Building For Life, Kellert examines the fundamental interconnectedness of ... Leer más

    $43.19 USD

  • The Value of Life

    Biological Diversity And Human Society

    de Stephen R. Kellert ...
    The Value of Life is an exploration of the actual and perceived importance of biological diversity for human beings and society. Stephen R. Kellert identifies ten basic values, which he describes as biologically based, inherent human tendencies that are greatly influenced and moderated by culture, learning, and experience. Drawing on 20 years of original research, he considers:the universal basis ... Leer más

    $39.59 USD

  • The Biophilia Hypothesis

    de Scott McVay, Aaron Katcher, Cecilia McCarthy, Gregory Wilkins, Roger Ulrich, Paul Shepard, Sara St. Antoine, Jared Diamond, Gordon Orians, Richard Nelson, Madhav Gadgil, Lynn Margulis, Elizabeth Lawrence ...
    "Biophilia" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book Biophilia, he examined how our tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes might be a biologically based need, integral to our development as individuals and as a species. That idea has caught the imagination of diverse thinkers.The ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • The Good in Nature and Humanity

    Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World

    Edición de Stephen R. Kellert, Timothy Farnham ...
    Scientists, theologians, and the spiritually inclined, as well as all those concerned with humanity's increasingly widespread environmental impact, are beginning to recognize that our ongoing abuse of the earth diminishes our moral as well as our material condition. Many people are coming to believe that strengthening the bonds among spirituality, science, and the natural world offers an important ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

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    Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age

    de Richard Louv ...
    For many of us, thinking about the future conjures up images of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: a post-apocalyptic dystopia stripped of nature. Richard Louv, author of the landmark bestseller Last Child in the Woods, urges us to change our vision of the future, suggesting that if we reconceive environmentalism and sustainability, they will evolve into a larger movement that will touch every part of ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Justice for Animals

    Our Collective Responsibility

    de Martha C. Nussbaum ...
    A “brilliant” (Chicago Review of Books), “elegantly written, and compelling” (National Review) new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat destruction, or neglect of the companion animals that ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Places of the Heart

    The Psychogeography of Everyday Life

    de Colin Ellard ...
    Library of Science Book Club selectionDiscover magazine What to Read” selectionA really great book.” -IRA FLATOW, Science FridayOne of the finest science writers I’ve ever read.” -Los Angeles TimesEllard has a knack for distilling obscure scientific theories into practical wisdom.” -New York Times Book Review[Ellard] mak[es] ev... ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Animal Rights

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    de Paul Waldau ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Organized around a series of probing questions, this timely resource offers the most complete, even-handed survey of the animal rights movement available. The book covers the full spectrum of issues, beginning ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD