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100 1 _aFlannery, Tim F.
_q(Tim Fridtjof),
_d1956-
245 1 0 _aHere on earth :
_ba natural history of the planet /
_cTim Flannery.
260 _aNew York :
_bGrove Press :
_bDistributed by Publishers Group West,
_cc2010.
300 _axviii, 316 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill. (chiefly col.), col. map ;
_c21 cm.
500 _a"First published in 2010 in Australia by the Text Publishing Company, Melbourne"--T.p. verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and index.
505 0 _asection 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?
520 _aAn explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species.
650 0 _aHistorical geology.
650 0 _aLife
_xOrigin.
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 _aBiosphere.
651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
_xOrigin.
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