The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman
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Journalist Weisman offers an original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders, and paleontologists, he illustrates what the planet might be like today if humans disappeared. He explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze sculpture, radio waves, and some man-made molecules may be our most lasting gifts to the universe. As he shows which human devastations are indelible, and which examples of our highest art and culture would endure longest, Weisman's narrative ultimately drives toward a radical but persuasive solution that needn't depend on our demise.--From publisher description.
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Human-plant relationships, Efecto del ser humano sobre, Nature, Effect of human beings on, Ecología, Environmental degradation, Aarde (planeet), Relaciones entre seres humanos y animales, Naturaleza, Mensheid, Cultura material, Het fictieve, Material culture, Forecasting, Ecology, Toekomstverwachtingen, Cultura, Human-animal relationships, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Zukunft, Humanekologi, Human-plant relationship, Människan och naturen, Human-animal relationship, Mensch, Djur och människor, Human influence on nature, Nature, effect of human beings on, nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2008-08-31, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, soil, polymers, Earth and Sky tremors, forests, Ancient Civilizations, Umweltbelastung, Verschwinden, Natur, Szenario, MenschheitPeople
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July 10, 2007, Thomas Dunne Books
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2007, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin Press, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-311) and index.
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The World Without Us, an intriguing peek inside the impact homo sapiens have on the world around us and what will be left when we cease to exist. Alan Weisman intelligently intertwines the affect we have on the Earth and its ecosystems and the way we have damaged it, the things nature can't undo. A tremendous report on the ways we have killed the flora and fauna and how we will ultimately exterminate ourselves, bringing all that is left of human civilization with us. ~ Written by an 11 year old
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