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Author:

McHarg, Ian L.

Title:

Ian McHarg : conversations with students : dwelling in nature / Lynn Margulis, James Corner, and Brian Hawthorne, editors.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Princeton Architectural Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

112 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Land use--Environmental aspects.--Environmental aspects.
Human ecology.
Ecological landscape design.
Landscape architecture--Environmental aspects.
Sol, Utilisation du--Aspect de l'environnement.--Aspect de l'environnement.
Écologie humaine.
Aménagement paysager écologique.
Architecture du paysage--Aspect de l'environnement.

Other Authors:

Margulis, Lynn, 1938-
Corner, James, 1961-
Hawthorne, Brian, 1963-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

"The 'quasi, pseudo, crypto' scientist"/ David Orr -- "What modern science is : the egg is shattered... fragments lie scattered on the ground" / Lynn Margulis -- Lecture : The theory of creative fitting / Ian L. McHarg -- Conversation : Ian L. McHarg -- Pond water : poem / Ian L. McHarg -- "The algae will laugh" : McHarg and the second law of thermodynamics / Dorion Sagan -- "We ask them to group together all these independent spectral views of the universe into one whole system" : biosphera, global knowledge for community design / Ramon Folch -- "To match people's needs with environmental opportunities" : an Oregon forest, local knowledge for community design / Richard Hart -- "Creativity permeates the evolution of matter and life" : the McHarg event : an unfinished project / James Corner -- Biographical overview : Ian Lennox McHarg (1920-2001).

Series:

Conversations with students

ISBN:

9781568986203 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1568986203 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006024385

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)