Category: 建築
如果混沌理論改變了我們對宇宙的看法，仿生學正在改變我們在地球上的生活。仿生學是受大自然啟發的創新——利用自第一個細菌出現以來，演化歷經38億年研發的成果。仿生學家研究自然界的最佳點子：光合作用、大腦運算能力、貝殼結構——並將它們轉化為人類所用。他們正在革新我們發明、運算、治療疾病、獲取能源、修復環境以及養活世界的方式。
科學作家兼講師珍妮·班亞斯為這個現象命名並加以解釋。她帶領我們走進實驗室，並與前沿研究人員一同到野外考察：看著他們攪拌蛋白質溶液以釋放其運算能力；分析電子如何在萬億分之一秒內繞行葉綠體，將陽光轉化為燃料；透過觀察黑猩猩生病時吃什麼來發現神奇藥物；研究耐旱的草原作為低維護農業的模型；以及更多精彩內容。
The case studies alone—from spider silk to abalone shells—are worth the price, but it’s the way the book reframes design problems that really sticks with you. I picked it up for a work project and ended up highlighting half the chapters. It makes you see every park or building in a totally new light
I’ve been rereading chapters on how termite mounds inspire passive cooling in buildings; the way Benyus frames evolution’s 3.8 billion years of R&D really changes how you look at any design problem. It’s dense in places, but every page makes you want to go outside and study something for an hour. De
The case studies on how engineers and architects borrowed from termite mounds and kingfisher beaks are fascinating—I’ve already dog-eared half the pages. It’s dense reading at times, but the way it frames evolution’s 3.8 billion years of R&D makes you see every leaf and shell differently.
