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Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2
John Allen
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Description for Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. .
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. John Allen's memoir, ME AND THE BIOSPHERES is a rich and complex narrative, filled with rollicking adventure, exceptional camaraderie and mind-bending science. Covering three acres of Arizona desert, Biosphere 2 contained five biomes: a 900,000-gallon ocean with coral reef, a rainforest, a savannah, a desert, a farm and a micro-city, all housed within an air-tight, sealed glass ... Read more
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. John Allen's memoir, ME AND THE BIOSPHERES is a rich and complex narrative, filled with rollicking adventure, exceptional camaraderie and mind-bending science. Covering three acres of Arizona desert, Biosphere 2 contained five biomes: a 900,000-gallon ocean with coral reef, a rainforest, a savannah, a desert, a farm and a micro-city, all housed within an air-tight, sealed glass ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Synergetic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
1g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, NM, United States
ISBN
9780907791379
SKU
V9780907791379
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Ref
99-15
About John Allen
John 'Dolphin' Allen, author, poet, playwright, inventor, conceiver and co-founder of the Biosphere 2 project - the world's largest laboratory for global ecology. Biosphere 2 set a number of world records in closed life system work including, among others, degree of sealing tightness, 100% waste recycle and water recycle, and duration of human residence within a closed system (eight people ... Read more
Reviews for Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2
The Biosphere 2 project was surely one of the great scientific and technological enterprises of our time. Building a working model of the Earth's biosphere is essential preparation for the coming era of space travel and manned exploration of other worlds Ralph Metzner, Ph. D., Author of The Unfold