Living in the anthropocene : Earth in the age of humans / edited by W. John Kress and Jeffrey K. Sti...
Living in the anthropocene : Earth in the age of humans / edited by W. John Kress and Jeffrey K. Sti...
Living in the anthropocene : Earth in the age of humans / edited by W. John Kress and Jeffrey K. Stine ; foreword by Elizabeth Kolbert ; afterword by Edward O. Wilson ; [essays by] Richard B. Alley [and 33 others].
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Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, in association with Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, [2017]
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G 2017/4747
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / Elizabeth Kolbert -- Introduction / W. John Kress and Jeffrey K. Stine -- I The advent of the Anthropocene / J. R. McNeill -- Thinking like a mountain in the Anthropocene / Scott L. Wing -- The underwater Anthropoene / Douglass J. McCauley -- What will it mean to be human? / Rick Potts --...
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Publisher
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, in association with Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
A collection of thirty-two essays by leading thinkers across the disciplines. These essays explore the Anthropocene from scientific, anthropological, social, artistic, and economic points of view. They seek to understand the drivers of human-induced environmental change as well as how people and planetary systems are adaptng to such change. Each wr...
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Full title
Living in the anthropocene : Earth in the age of humans / edited by W. John Kress and Jeffrey K. Stine ; foreword by Elizabeth Kolbert ; afterword by Edward O. Wilson ; [essays by] Richard B. Alley [and 33 others].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/4747
Record Identifier
74VKVWZJBNrO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVWZJBNrO
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ISBN
9781588346018 hardcover alkaline paper
1588346013 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
304.2
MMS ID
991024135485402626
