Natural Intelligence
The Living Solutions to a World in Crisis
Will be published approx. on 3. June 2027
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-0354-4254-6 (ISBN)
Description
A mind-expanding exploration into the remarkable ways in which nature inspires human innovation and why it is the key to us creating a positive future
AI has taken the world by storm as a revolutionary tool of innovation. But will it offer the solutions to the major challenges that threaten our world? In Natural Intelligence, biologist Chris Thorogood reveals how nature has inspired humanity's advancement since the dawn of time and why we need to reconnect with it to solve global issues such as climate change, food security, healthcare and housing.
Join Chris on a captivating journey to discover the remarkable intelligence of our natural world: from cancer cures in sea slugs and solar panels designed like waterlilies to trains styled on kingfisher beaks and buildings shaped like termite mounds. Harnessing nature's exquisite structures, systems and processes gives us the power to transform the technologies we need for a better life. This is a powerful call for us to mend our relationship with nature, learn from it and to flourish alongside it.
AI has taken the world by storm as a revolutionary tool of innovation. But will it offer the solutions to the major challenges that threaten our world? In Natural Intelligence, biologist Chris Thorogood reveals how nature has inspired humanity's advancement since the dawn of time and why we need to reconnect with it to solve global issues such as climate change, food security, healthcare and housing.
Join Chris on a captivating journey to discover the remarkable intelligence of our natural world: from cancer cures in sea slugs and solar panels designed like waterlilies to trains styled on kingfisher beaks and buildings shaped like termite mounds. Harnessing nature's exquisite structures, systems and processes gives us the power to transform the technologies we need for a better life. This is a powerful call for us to mend our relationship with nature, learn from it and to flourish alongside it.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0354-4254-6 (9781035442546)
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E-Book
approx. 06/2027
Headline Press
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Person
Chris Thorogood is a scientist at the University of Oxford where he lectures biology and holds the position of Deputy Director and Head of Science of the Botanic Garden and Arboretum. As well as being a scientist, author and broadcaster, Chris makes regular appearances on TV and radio and is also an award-winning botanical illustrator and wildlife artist. He is on a mission to help us see nature differently, and realize how we, it, and our planet, are all connected. Chris is the author of Pathless Forest and numerous other books on plants and flowers for adults and children.