Here on Earth : a natural history of the planet / Tim Flannery.
By: Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof)
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TextPublisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2010Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-298) and index.Description: 316 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780802119766; 080211976X.Subject(s): Earth sciences -- History | Evolution -- History | Earth (Planet -- HistoryDDC classification: 551 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 551 F614 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003723244 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-298) and index.
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?
An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species.
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