书籍介绍
这不是一本教你'向自然抄袭'的技术手册，而是一次对工业文明底层逻辑的质询。作者Janine Benyus反复追问：人类用'heat, beat and treat'（高温、暴力、强排）合成的材料，为何自然只需常温常压便轻松造出万千物种？当蜘蛛能在一秒内织出比钢强五倍的丝，我们的工厂却把污染堆在城镇边缘——这种'傲慢'恰恰是问题的根源。书中真正耐人寻味的，是'尺度'这一被忽视的命题：真正合适的技术，应当像一句得体的声音，留出空间让其他声音被听见；真正健康的经济，应允许一个物种多样性的世界继续繁荣。它适合那些不满足于'环保口号'、渴望从生存智慧本身重构设计哲学的读者。
AI导读
核心看点
- 解析蜘蛛丝等自然案例，探索仿生学前沿
- 倡导向自然学习，解决人类生存难题
- 打破学科壁垒，融合工程与生物学智慧
读者共识
- 文字优美，思想前卫，具有启发性
- 虽出版多年，核心观点至今仍具价值
- 部分专业术语晦涩，阅读门槛较高
精彩摘录
- "They are part studentship and part stewardship-studying nature's wellsprings of good ideas, and then protecting them so that they can continue to flow."
- "Wrapped tightly in our own version of knowledge, we have been unreceptive to the wisdom of the natural world."
- "We must also get to know these species as best we can and discover their talents and survival tips, their role in the great web of things."
- "The trick is to show this hidden likeness to engineers and biologists before they put on their blinders. It takes educating in the estuary-the place where two or more disciplines flow together to make a fertile ideabed."
- "Since scale is one of the main things that separates our technologies from nature's, it's important to consider what is appropriate, that is, what is receptive to and acceptive of our habitat."
- "A proper human sound, we may say, is one that allows other sounds to be heard. A properly scaled human economy or technology allows a diversity of other creatures to thrive.-Wendell Berry's Home Economics."
- "life can't put its factory on the edge of town。"
- "manufactures its materials under life-friendly conditions."
用户评论
这本写于十年前的书现在依然有很多东西值得我们学习。
书很好，用词美，但里面的那些化学，生物单词真的要我命，而且很多生化原理都不懂。书市图书馆借的，到期必须还，看了前几章，很不错，有空得再借回来看Arch lib: T173.8 .B45 2002
人类可以向大自然学习很多东西。 看看这些案例，可以为未来的发现提供一种天然的洞见。
前卫的思想。精美的文字。绝赞。
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