Pushing Our Limits offers a fresh examination of Biosphere 2, the world’s first man-made mini-world, twenty-five years after its first closure experiment.
Published by University of Arizona Press.
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Why this book matters
- A 25-year retrospective on Biosphere 2 — the world’s first man-made closed ecological system — with the clarity and perspective that only time can provide
- Reassesses one of the most ambitious and controversial scientific experiments of the 20th century in light of what we now know about planetary systems
- Published by the University of Arizona Press — the academic home of Biosphere 2 — lending scholarly authority to a story that has often been misunderstood
- Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of ecological science, closed systems research, and humanity’s capacity for visionary experimentation
- A companion to Life Under Glass and Me and the Biospheres — completing the definitive library on Biosphere 2
