Here on earth a natural history of the planet
An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species.
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New York :
Atlantic Monthly Press,
2010.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Flannery, Tim F. |q (Tim Fridtjof), |d 1956- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Here on earth : |b a natural history of the planet / |c Tim Flannery. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Atlantic Monthly Press, |c 2010. | ||
| 300 | |a xviii, 316 p., [8] leaves of plates (col.) : |b ill. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Section 1: Mother Nature or monster earth? Evolution's motive force ; Of genes, mnemes and destruction ; Evolution's legacy ; A fresh look at Earth ; the commonwealth of virtue -- Section 2: A turbulent youth. Man the disrupter ; New worlds ; Biophilia -- Section 3: Ever since agriculture. Superorganisms ; Superorganismic glue ; Ascent of the ultimate superorganism -- Section 4: Toxic climax? War against nature ; Gaia-killers ; The eleventh hour? ; Undoing the work of ages -- Section 5: Our present state. The stars of heaven ; Discounting the future ; Greed and the market ; Of war and inequality ; A new tool kit ; Governance ; Restoring the life-force -- Section 6: An intelligent Earth? What lies on the other side? | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Earth |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Earth sciences |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Evolution |x History. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Stein, Sylvia tribute. | |
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