The human age : the world shaped by us / Diane Ackerman.
The human age : the world shaped by us / Diane Ackerman.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Call Numbers
G 2014/5191
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 344 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Welcome to the Anthropocene. Apps for apes ; Wild heart, anthropocene mind ; Black marble ; Handmade landscapes ; A dialect of stone ; Monkeying with the weather ; Gaia in a temper ; Brainstorming from equator to ice ; Blue revolution -- In the house of stone and light. Asphalt jungles ; A green man...
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2014]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
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 extinc...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The human age : the world shaped by us / Diane Ackerman.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2014/5191
Record Identifier
74VKJq37r4ZM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJq37r4ZM
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780393240740 (hbk.)
0393240746 (hbk.)
DDC
304.2
MMS ID
991022091849702626
