{"product_id":"brave-green-world-isbn-9780262044462","title":"Brave Green World","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow we can harness cutting-edge biology and manufacturing to fight waste and pollution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eBrave Green World,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.Foreword by Dame   Ellen MacArthur\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One: Planet Energy\u003cbr\u003e Where does planet earth find its energy?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: Circular Ecology\u003cbr\u003e Solutions found by nature\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: Humanity's Linear Systems\u003cbr\u003e Where the end product is waste\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: The 3D Printer\u003cbr\u003e The game-changer of additive manufacturing\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: Synthetic Biology\u003cbr\u003e Creating a new kind of biologies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six: Emergence\u003cbr\u003e -When what's made is more than the sum of its parts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven: Artificial Intelligence Algorithms\u003cbr\u003e -The magic ingredient\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter Eight: The Digital   Process\u003cbr\u003e -Smart materials\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Nine: The Cities of the Future\u003cbr\u003e -Log on and print out your shopping\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Ten: Taking It Further\u003cbr\u003e -Space travel and the bottleneck\"Humans are superb problem-solvers, and the authors make a convincing case that technology will mitigate at least some of the devastation we are inflicting on the Earth… An ingenious, if highly speculative, save-the-planet proposal that emphasizes science over politics.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Nothing is wasted in natural systems, yet humankind produces ever-increasing levels of waste. Scientists and science communicators Chris Forman and Claire Asher consider the cycles in nature and how our linear system — production leading to waste — can learn from the cyclical efficiency of ecosystems.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Nature Climate Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eBrave Green World\u003c\/i\u003e] is an exciting and original contribution to the discussion around sustainability, and it certainly refreshes my appreciation for nature, which has evolved the incredibly complex, ordered and efficient systems that we wish to emulate.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Physics World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eChris 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.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304276545765,"sku":"NP9780262044462","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262044462.jpg?v=1767723025","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/brave-green-world-isbn-9780262044462","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}