Ackerman, Diane, 1948-
The human age : the world shaped by us / Diane Ackerman. - First edition. - viii, 344 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.
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 in a green shade ; House plants? How passé ; Opportunity warms -- Is nature "natural" anymore? : Is nature "natural" anymore? ; The slow-motion invaders ;"They had no choice" ; Paddling in the gene pool ; For love of a snail -- Nature, pixilated : An (un)natural future of the senses ; Weighing in the nanoscale ; Nature, pixilated ; The interspecies Internet ; Your passion flower is sexting you ; When robots weep, who will comfort them? ; Robots on a date ; Printing a rocking horse on Mars -- Our bodies, our nature : The (3D-printed) ear he lends me ; Cyborgs and chimeras ; DNA's secret doormen ; Meet my maker, the mad molecule ; Conclusion: Wild heart, anthropocene mind (revisited).
"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 extinction. Yet we reckon with our own destructive capabilities in extraordinary acts of hope-filled creativity ... Ackerman [explores] our new reality, introducing us to many of the people and ideas now creating--perhaps saving--our future and that of our fellow creatures."--Jacket.
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2014027691
GBB4B3158 bnb
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Human ecology.
Civilization--History.
Human beings--History.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Civilization.
Human beings.
Human ecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Écologie humaine.
Civilisation--Histoire.
Nature--Effets de l'homme.
Human beings--History.
Human influence on nature.
Civilization--History.
Human ecology.
History.
History.
Environmental science.
GF13 / .A35 2014
304.2
The human age : the world shaped by us / Diane Ackerman. - First edition. - viii, 344 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.
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 in a green shade ; House plants? How passé ; Opportunity warms -- Is nature "natural" anymore? : Is nature "natural" anymore? ; The slow-motion invaders ;"They had no choice" ; Paddling in the gene pool ; For love of a snail -- Nature, pixilated : An (un)natural future of the senses ; Weighing in the nanoscale ; Nature, pixilated ; The interspecies Internet ; Your passion flower is sexting you ; When robots weep, who will comfort them? ; Robots on a date ; Printing a rocking horse on Mars -- Our bodies, our nature : The (3D-printed) ear he lends me ; Cyborgs and chimeras ; DNA's secret doormen ; Meet my maker, the mad molecule ; Conclusion: Wild heart, anthropocene mind (revisited).
"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 extinction. Yet we reckon with our own destructive capabilities in extraordinary acts of hope-filled creativity ... Ackerman [explores] our new reality, introducing us to many of the people and ideas now creating--perhaps saving--our future and that of our fellow creatures."--Jacket.
9780393240740 0393240746 9780393351644 0393351645
BRO-copy20140916-084 BRO-cust20140918-084
2014027691
GBB4B3158 bnb
016890387 Uk
Human ecology.
Civilization--History.
Human beings--History.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Civilization.
Human beings.
Human ecology.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Écologie humaine.
Civilisation--Histoire.
Nature--Effets de l'homme.
Human beings--History.
Human influence on nature.
Civilization--History.
Human ecology.
History.
History.
Environmental science.
GF13 / .A35 2014
304.2