Design & nature V: comparing design in nature with science and engin…
by Brebbia, Carlos A., Wessex Institute of Technology, International Conference on Design and Nature, Pisa, Carpi, Angelo, International Conference on Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering, Pisa
fromWIT transactions on ecology and the environment
With the onward march of science and technology, and the continuing quest for improvement, there is a growing curiosity about the world around us. Close examination of structures in nature can be rewarding and surprising. Nature has shown an extraordinary capacity to develop dyn…
Focusing on the interactions between people, societies and economies, and the state of nature and the environment, this text presents readers in social science and natural science with a manual of the past, present and future of environment-society links.
A year in the life of one New England family as they work to preserve an ancient, lucrative, and threatened agricultural art?the sweetest harvest, maple syrup... How has one of America's oldest agricultural crafts evolved from a quaint enterprise with "sugar parties" and the del…
"Paul Celan has long been regarded as the most important European poet after 1945 but also the most difficult owing to the numerous references in his work to his personal history and to a cultural heritage spanning many disciplines, centuries, and languages. In this study, Roche…