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Ask HN: Good book on resilience of natural systems, for non-biologists?
I find the way how natural systems (animals, plants) organize and respond to outside influences interesting and would like to learn from that - is there some good book that is understandable for engineers with just common understanding of biology?
- oasisbob 8y agoTry _Wood: The Internal Optimization of Trees_ [1], or anything else by Mattheck. My background is more bio than eng, but it's very digestible despite being dense. Truly one of my favorite reads. [1] https://g.co/kgs/ACnrCS https://g.co/kgs/ACnrCS
- mooreds 8y agoThis isn't a biology book but does tall about resilient systems in an accessible way: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/thinking-in-systems/ https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/thinking-in-systems/