Human nature : a blueprint for managing the earth--by people, for people / James Trefil.
Human nature : a blueprint for managing the earth--by people, for people / James Trefil.
Human nature : a blueprint for managing the earth--by people, for people / James Trefil.
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New York., NY : Times Books/Henry Holt, 2004.
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2004.
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N304.2/ 160
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English
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xiv, 249 p. ; 25cm.
Contents
I. The first step -- 1. Where do we fit in? -- 2. Nature and natural selection -- 3. Leaving nature behind -- II. The myths of pop ecology -- 4. Lost Eden -- 5. The myth of stability -- 6. The myth of the pristine wilderness -- 7. The myth that we are poisoning the earth -- 8. The question of extinc...
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New York., NY : Times Books/Henry Holt, 2004.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2004.
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"For too long, James Trefil argues, human beings have treated nature as something separate from themselves - pristine wilderness to be saved or material resources to be exploited. What we need instead is a scientific approach to the environment that embraces the human transformation of nature, for our benefit. In Human Nature, Trefil reveals the be...
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Human nature : a blueprint for managing the earth--by people, for people / James Trefil.
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N304.2/ 160
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0805072489 (hbk.)
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0805072489 (hbk.) :
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9780805072488 (hbk.)
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304.2
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991018004649702626
