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Active Matter (The MIT Press)Download and Read online, DOWNLOAD EBOOK, [PDF EBOOK EPUB], Ebooks download, Read EBook/EPUB/KINDLE, Download Book Format PDF. Read with Our Free App Audiobook Free with your Audible trial, Read bookFormatPDF EBook, Ebooks Download PDF KINDLE, Download [PDF] and Readonline, Read book Format PDF EBook, Download [PDF] and Read OnlineFORMAT FILEebook, pdf, epub, mobi pocket, audiobook, txt, doc, ppt, jpeg, chm, xml, azw, pdb, kf8, prc, tpzBOOK DETAILAmazon Business : Save 25% on your first $200 of business supplies. Register a free business account Series: The MITPress Hardcover: 350 pages Publisher: The MIT Press (September 29, 2017) Language: English ISBN-10: 0262036800ISBN-13: 978-0262036801 Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.3 x 1.2 inchesBook DescriptionThe first book on active matter, an emerging field focused on programming physical materials to assemble themselves,transform autonomously, and react to information. The past few decades brought a revolution in computer software andhardware; today we are on the cusp of a materials revolution. If yesterday we programmed computers and other machines,today we program matter itself. This has created new capabilities in design, computing, and fabrication, which allow us toprogram proteins and bacteria, to generate self-transforming wood products and architectural details, and to create clothingfrom “intelligent textiles” that grow themselves. This book offers essays and sample projects from the front lines of theemerging field of active matter. Active matter and programmable materials are at the intersection of science, art, design,and engineering, with applications in fields from biology and computer science to architecture and fashion. These essayscontextualize current work and explore recent research. Sample projects, generously illustrated in color, show the range ofpossibilities envisioned by their makers. Contributors explore the design of active material at scales from nano to micro,kilo, and even planetary. They investigate processes of self-assembly at a microscopic level; test new materials that cansense and actuate themselves; and examine the potential of active matter in the built environment and in living and