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The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
Diane Ackerman
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Description for The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
Paperback. A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man's relationship with nature and our impact on the planet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; PDZ; RNT; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244.
'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.' In The Human Age award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have 'subdued 75 per cent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness'. We now collect the DNA of vanishing species in a 'frozen ... Read more
'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.' In The Human Age award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have 'subdued 75 per cent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness'. We now collect the DNA of vanishing species in a 'frozen ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755365012
SKU
V9780755365012
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Diane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the international bestsellers The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives with her husband Paul West in Ithaca, New York.
Reviews for The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
Full of scientific nuggets and bundles of research, this is written in an accessible and entertaining style.
The Daily Mail
A dazzling achievement: immensely readable, lively, polymathic, audacious.
New York Times
The Daily Mail
A dazzling achievement: immensely readable, lively, polymathic, audacious.
New York Times