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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth sciences.

History.

Earth (Planet)--History.

Earth (Planet).

Earth sciences--History.

Evolution--History.

Evolution.

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