The human age : the world shaped by us /
"Humans have subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness. We tinker with nature at every opportunity; we garden the planet with our preferred species of plants and animals, many of them invasive; and we ha...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W. W. Norton & Company,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Humans have subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness. We tinker with nature at every opportunity; we garden the planet with our preferred species of plants and animals, many of them invasive; and we have even altered the climate, threatening our own extinction. Yet we reckon with our own destructive capabilities in extraordinary acts of hope-filled creativity ... Ackerman [explores] our new reality, introducing us to many of the people and ideas now creating--perhaps saving--our future and that of our fellow creatures"--Amazon.com. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 344 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0393240746 (hbk.) 9780393240740 (hbk.) |