The human age [LP] the world shaped by us
Diane Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place in it. In this landmark book, she confronts the unprecedented reality that one prodigiously intelligent and meddlesome creature, Homo sapiens, is shaping the future of planet Earth. With her gift for maki...
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Waterville, Maine :
Thorndike Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Large print edition. |
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| 520 | |a Diane Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place in it. In this landmark book, she confronts the unprecedented reality that one prodigiously intelligent and meddlesome creature, Homo sapiens, is shaping the future of planet Earth. With her gift for making scientific discovery intelligible to the layperson, Ackerman takes us on an exhilarating journey through our new reality, introducing many of the people and ideas now creating, perhaps saving, our future and that of our fellow creatures. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-552). | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Human ecology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Civilization |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Human beings |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nature |x Effect of human beings on. | |
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