Nature Science & Sustainable Technology Compendium: Volume 2

Nature Science & Sustainable Technology Compendium: Volume 2
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Country
United States
Published
4 March 2013
Pages
324
ISBN
9781622575138

Nature Science & Sustainable Technology Compendium: Volume 2

Nature thrives on diversity and flexibility, gaining strength from heterogeneity, whereas the quest for homogeneity seems to motivate much of modern engineering. Nature is non-linear and inherently promotes multiplicity of solutions. Modern applied science, however, continues to define problems as linearly as possible, promoting single -ness of solution, while particularly avoiding non-linear problems. Nature is inherently sustainable and promotes zero-waste, both in mass and energy. Engineering solutions today start with a safety factor while promoting an obsession with excess (hence, waste). Nature is truly transient, never showing any exact repeatability or steady state. Engineering today is obsessed with standards and replicability, always seeking steady-state solutions. This book promotes the approach that breaks out of the traditional path of linearising natural phenomena and accepting research that is inherently pro-nature. This book offers the best hope of finally emulating nature rather than deviating from it.

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