Life
Under Glass by Abigail Alling, Mark Nelson, and Sally Silverstone
Life
Under Glass Planet in a bottle. Eden revisited. Laboratory under glass. The largest self-sustaining closed ecological system ever made. Biosphere 2 is many things to many people. From its half-acre farm to its coral reef to its emerald rainforest--this unique research facilty has proven itself a marvel of human engineering and a testament to the human imagination.
For two years, four men and four women lived and worked inside the structure, recycling their air, water, food, and wastes, and setting a world record for living in an isolated environment. But what has this giant glass-and-steel greenhouse been to those most intimately involved with it? What has it meant to the first crew who studied and cared for it? What was it really like sealed inside a giant laboratory for twenty-four months? In Life Under Glass crew members, Abigail Alling and Mark Nelson with co-captain Sally Silverstone present the full account of those two remarkable years. From the struggles of growing their own food, to learning how to help sustain their life-giving atmosphere, the general reader is offered a rare glimpse into how a group of dedicated researchers managed to surprise the world and fulfill their dream.
Other crews may come and go, but no one else will face the risks, the
uncertainties, and the challenges that this new breed of explorers did
on Biosphere 2's maiden voyage. Here is the fascinating story of how it
all appeared--living under glass.
Selected as one of the top ten science experiments in 1993 by Time Magazine and Good Morning America.
"This project probably pioneered the transformation of
ecology into an experimental science, while the crew has survived a unique
social experiment: the longest voluntary tenure in a confined environment
on record."
USA Today
"Your book depicting the day-to-day life is lively reading
and should become a best seller."
Eugene Odum
"We have to pay tribute to the imagination and determination and the
vision of the people who have made this project a reality."
Jane Goodall
6 x 9 inches, 288 pages
ISBN 1-882428-07-2
16 page color photo insert
Softcover $16.95
To Order from Synergetic Press, click here.
Other books regarding Biosphere 2 and biospherics
FOR ADULTS:
Eating In: The Field to the Kitchen in Bio2,by Sally Silverstone
How the crew grew their food and prepared it during the two year experiment.
Paperback, color photos throughout
$15.95
The Human Experiment Video
A documentary on how Biosphere 2 was built and interviews with the people who
did it.
20 minutes, VHS
$15.00
Views from Another World Video
A beautiful tour given by four of the crew through the inside areas of Biosphere
2.
45 minutes, VHS
$18.00
Space Biospheres, by John Allen and Mark Nelson
The authors, both co-founders of the Biosphere 2 project, offer a concise account
of the evolutionary history of Earth's biosphere and possibilities of how biological
life-support systems may be artificially developed for space colonization in
the future.
Paperback, 96 pages, illustrated
$8.95
The Biosphere Catalogue, Produced by the Institute of Ecotechnics
The first book to bring together many fields, such as geology, microbiology,
meteorology, and ecology, that have contributed to the study of biospherics
as a new branc of science. A must-have, large-formate handbook for scientists,
environmentalist, or student.
Paperback, 256 pages, illustrated
$5.95
The Biosphere, by Acadamician Vladimir Vernadsky
An abridged version of Russian scientist Vernadsky's original idea of our biosphere
(1926), the hypothesis that conceived of the Earht's biological, chemical, and
geological activities as one huge, interrelated synergetic system.
Paperback, 88 pages
$5.95
Traces of Bygone Biospheres, by Andrey Lapo
Lapo continues the work of Vernadsky at Geological Institute of St. petersburg,
Russia, working on the geophysical and geochemical properties of Earth as a
biospheric system. This volume contains the most recent findings in the field
as well as an invaluable glossary of terms.
Paperback, 352 pages, illustrated
$8.95
FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
The Glass Ark: The Story of Biosphere 2, by Linnea Gentry & Karen Liptak
For the young adult. How Biosphere 2 was built and what the project was designed
to teach us. Hardcover
$12.95
Published by Viking/Penguin. This book is also available through your local
bookstore.
Inside Biosphere 2: The Ocean and Its Reef, by Linnea Gentry
Learn about the Earth's Ocean and how Bio 2's miniature ocean was built as a
model to learn more about the Earth. For Ages 9 and up, paperback, illustrated
$ 8.95
Inside Biosphere 2: The Rainforest, by Karen Liptak
Explore the rainforests of the world and see how the mini-rainforest of Biosphere
2 helps us to understand the important role rainforests play on our planet.
Ages 9 and up, paperback, illustrated
$8.95
A,B,C of the Biosphere, by Professor Finch, illustrated by Mary Beath
Each letter of the alphabet introduces the reader to a different ingredient
of the biosphere and explains its role in the survival of Earth. Lavishly illustrated.
Paperback, 32 pages, full color
$ 7.95
Hardcover $14.95
Biosphere 2: A World in Our Hands, by Deborah Sieloff
100 hours of learning activiites, mini-biome posters, full color photos, worksheets
for the classroom, plus a Biosphere 2 Video tour of the facility. Paperback,
$29.95
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