The first book on active matter, an emerging field focused on programming physical materials to assemble themselves, transform autonomously, and react to inform

This book presents a comprehensive review of various aspects of the novel and rapidly developing field of active matter, which encompasses a wide variety of sel

What are active materials? This book aims to introduce and redefine conceptions of matter by considering materials as entities that ‘sense’ and respond to t

Considers the future of conservation and its connection to the human sciences. This volume brings together the findings from a five-year research project that s