1993, ISBN: 9780907791379

Synergetic Press is proud to announce the long-awaited release of Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2, the definitive autobiography of one of the most luminous … More...

Synergetic Press is proud to announce the long-awaited release of Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2, the definitive autobiography of one of the most luminous minds of our time. Accomplished poet, philosopher, inventor and total systems scientist, John Allen is a charming and engaging guide to how the worlds largest laboratory for global ecology ever built came to be. Anyone suffering from the Global Warming Blues will cherish this uplifting account of the most ambitious environmental experiment ever undertaken. Biosphere 2, a world under glass, covered three acres of Arizona desert. Contained within a magnificently designed air-tight, sealed glass and steel framed architectural setting were models of seven biomes: an ocean with coral reef, marsh, rainforest, savannah, desert, farm and a micro-city. Eight people lived inside this structure for two years (1991-1993) setting world records in human life support, monitoring their impact on the environment, while providing crucial data for future manned missions into outer space. John Allen prepared for the manifestation of Biosphere 2 by assembling many smaller projects: the creation of a ferro-cement hulled ship to study ocean and river ecologies and cultures; the development of a rainforest enrichment project, a theater group, world-class art gallery and more. As awe inspiring as the great cathedrals, Biosphere 2s building and operation demanded the efforts of the most diverse team of scientists, engineers, artists and thinkers from around the world with whom John Allen worked closely for decades. His memoir is a rich and complex narrative, filled with rollicking adventure, exceptional camaraderie and mind-bending science, lavishly illustrated with nearly four hundred photographs. Me and the Biospheres is a passionate call to reawaken to the beauty of our peerless home, Biosphere 1, the Earth. Media > Book<

2009, ISBN: 0907791379

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[EAN: 9780907791379], [SC: 8.0], [PU: New Mexico, Synergetic Press,], BIOGRAPHIEN, SIGNIERTE AUSGABE, WIDMUNGSEXEMPLAR, 308 S. Mit Widmung und Signatur vom Verfasser. Werbetext: "Anyone s… More...

[EAN: 9780907791379], [SC: 8.0], [PU: New Mexico, Synergetic Press,], BIOGRAPHIEN, SIGNIERTE AUSGABE, WIDMUNGSEXEMPLAR, 308 S. Mit Widmung und Signatur vom Verfasser. Werbetext: "Anyone suffering from the global warming blues will cherish this uplifting account of the most ambitious environmental experiment of our time: Biosphere 2, a miniature Earth under glass and the world`s largest laboratory for global ecology ever built. John Allen`s memoir, Me and the Biospheres, chronicles the singular life of poet, playwright, activist, world-traveler - and inventor of Biosphere 2. Covering three acres of Arizona desert, Biosphere 2 contained a rainforest, a desert, a savannah, a coral reef, farming areas and a micro-city, all housed within a glass and steel frame structure. Eight people lived inside for two years (1991-1939) setting worlds records in human life support, monitoring their impact on the environment, while providing crucial data towards future manned missions into outer space [.]" // "Nobody who comes to Biosphere 2 can fail to be impressed anew by the independence of life on this planet and the fragility of its balances [.]" /// Fast neuwertig. ****Die Versandkosten können wegen dem Gewicht der Bücher abweichen----Shippingcosts might be higher by weight of the book**** Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 25,5 x 20,5 cm. Orig.-Kart., illustriert., Books<