The Engineering Collection
The Engineering Collection includes the following titles:
The impact of the microchip on the economy, including workers.
In Kenya can Muniu build a Life App to help William be as good a farmer as he can be?
Sustainable design in the tropics. The story of a Puerto Rican architect pioneering locally-suited green buildings for over thirty years.
Acclaimed architect Jan Gehl and his team are on a humanistic mission to reclaim public space in mega cities for pedestrians (and cyclists) rather than cars.
Can you cells be patented by someone else? The Man with the Golden Cells looks at John Moore's famous lawsuit over the use of his cells without permission, and the rise of the biotechnology industry.
Architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.
David and Sarika Suzuki explore urban innovations leading toward sustainability.
David Suzuki and daughter Sarika travel to Europe to visit inspiring people and projects that give hope for a sustainable future.
Based on the theories of William McDonough and Michael Braungart, major corporations embrace environmentally sustainable architecture and production in an ecologically-inspired industrial revolution.
From floating neighborhoods to massive harbor floodgates, cities around the world are engineering ways to cope with extreme weather events.
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