Books by Stephen R. Kellert

  •  Biophilic Design
    Biophilic Design Stephen R. Kellert

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    Biophilic Design

    The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life

    Stephen R. Kellert

    This book offers a paradigm shift in how we design and build our buildings and our communities, one that recognizes that the positive experience of natural systems and processes in our buildings and ...

  •  Building for Life
    Building for Life Stephen R. Kellert

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    Building for Life

    Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection

    Stephen R. Kellert

    Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of ...

  •  Endangered Species Recovery

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    Endangered Species Recovery

    Finding the Lessons, Improving the Process

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    Endangered Species Recovery presents case studies of prominent species recovery programs in an attempt to explore and analyze their successes, failures, and problems, and to begin to find ways of ...

  • The Biophilia Hypothesis
    The Biophilia Hypothesis Stephen R. Kellert

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    The Biophilia Hypothesis

    Stephen R. Kellert

    "Biophilia" is the term coined by Edward O. Wilson to describe what he believes is humanity's innate affinity for the natural world. In his landmark book Biophilia, he examined how our tendency to ...

  • The Good in Nature and Humanity
    The Good in Nature and Humanity Stephen R. Kellert

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    The Good in Nature and Humanity

    Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World

    Stephen R. Kellert

    Scientists, theologians, and the spiritually inclined, as well as all those concerned with humanity's increasingly widespread environmental impact, are beginning to recognize that our ongoing abuse of ...

  • The Value of Life
    The Value of Life Stephen R. Kellert

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    The Value of Life

    Biological Diversity And Human Society

    Stephen R. Kellert

    The Value of Life is an exploration of the actual and perceived importance of biological diversity for human beings and society. Stephen R. Kellert identifies ten basic values, which he describes as ...

About the Author

Stephen R. Kellert is the Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Social Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and author of numerous books including, The Biophilia Hypothesis (coedited with E. O. Wilson, 1993), The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society (1996), Kinship to Mastery: Biophilia in Human Evolution and Development (1997), The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World (coedited with T. Farnham, 2002), and Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations (coedited with P. H. Kahn, 2002).