Earth From Space. Earth From Space PBS Airdate: February 13, 2013 NARRATOR: Our planet: Earth—you may think you know it well, but a startling new picture is emerging of a world shaped by forces more dynamic and intertwined than we ever imagined, raising possibilities that defy common sense. How can sandstorms in the Sahara Desert transform the Amazon rainforest, over 5,000 miles away?
In the frigid ocean beneath Antarctica, how can a vast undersea waterfall, 500 times bigger than Niagara Falls, lead to a gigantic feeding frenzy near the equator? And how can warm water, streaming past the coast of Africa, trigger a weather catastrophe, half a world away, in the southern United States? Scientists have begun to find surprising answers to these and other profound questions, thanks to a network of satellites, orbiting high above the earth. EMILY SHUCKBURGH ( British Antarctic Survey): It’s really the last bastion of human discovery. NARRATOR: What are these hidden forces that rule our world? Christopher Alexander - The Nature of Order. 'Seeing the fact that most of our contemporary ways of dealing with architecture have been insane, I turned my back on them, and started from scratch. ... It has grown, and now may be called a coherent view of what architecture ought to mean.' C.A. Christopher Alexander THE NATURE OF ORDER Book I - The Phenomenon Of Life Book II - The Process Of Creating Life Book III - A Vision Of A Living World Book IV - The Luminous Ground Recent reviews Kim A.
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