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Here on Earth : a natural history of the planet / Tim Flannery.

Van Pelt Library QE501 .F53 2011
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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
316 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2010]
Summary:
An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species.
Contents:
  • 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?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-298) and index.
ISBN:
  • 9780802119766
  • 080211976X
OCLC:
669750173

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