The human age : the world shaped by us
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014].
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 344 pages ; 25 cm.
Status
Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
304.2 ACKERM 2014
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304.2 ACKERM 2014
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014].
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
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 now the dominant force shaping the future of planet Earth.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: we collect the DNA of vanishing species in a "frozen ark," equip orangutans with iPads, and create wearable technologies and synthetic species that might one day outsmart us. With her distinctive gift for making scientific discovery intelligible to the layperson,
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ackerman, D. (2014). The human age: the world shaped by us (First Edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ackerman, Diane, 1948-. 2014. The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ackerman, Diane, 1948-. The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ackerman, Diane. The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us First Edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
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