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In 1991, eight people walked into a sealed glass structure in the Arizona desert and closed the doors behind them. Their mission was unprecedented: to live for two years inside a completely self-contained world, growing their own food, recycling their air, and proving that humanity had the knowledge and capability to survive beyond Earth.

What followed was one of the most ambitious and controversial experiments ever attempted.

Biosphere 2 tells the full story. From the visionary and unconventional mind behind the project, to the construction of a 150 million dollar artificial ecosystem in the desert, to the eighteen months of hunger, oxygen decline, ecological imbalance, and human tension that unfolded inside the dome. What was meant to be a controlled system quickly became something far more unpredictable, as the environment behaved in ways the models had not fully anticipated, and the people inside were forced to adapt to conditions no simulation had prepared them for.

Outside, the world watched through media coverage that often simplified or misunderstood what was actually happening. Inside, the reality was more complex. The atmosphere was changing. The food supply was not meeting expectations. Relationships began to fracture under pressure. And decisions made beyond the glass would ultimately shape how the experiment was remembered.

This is not simply the story of an experiment that failed. It is the story of what that failure revealed. Biosphere 2 exposed the gap between human ambition and natural complexity, showing how even the most carefully designed systems can behave in unexpected ways when confronted with the realities of living processes.

Drawing on the scientific findings, personal accounts, and long-term consequences of the project, this book explores what was learned from the attempt to build a second Earth. It examines the ecological, atmospheric, and human challenges that emerged, and why those challenges remain relevant today.

Because the central question has not changed.

Not whether we can build a new world, but whether we truly understand the one we already have.

Parametre knihy

• Celý názov: Biosphere 2
• Podnázov: Eight People, One Dome, No Way Out
• Autor: Heinrich Wilson
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Väzba: Brožovaná
• Počet strán: 146
• EAN: 9798195744946
• ID: 52289475
• Nakladateľ: Independently published
• Hmotnosť: 206 g
• Rozmery: 229 × 152 × 8 mm
• Dátum vydania: 05. May 2026

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