The world without us /
Weisman, Alan,
The world without us / Alan Weisman. - viii, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-311) and index.
Prelude : A monkey koan -- lingering scent of Eden -- Unbuilding our home -- city without us -- world just before us -- lost menagerie -- African paradox -- What falls apart -- What lasts -- Polymers are forever -- petro patch -- world without farms -- fate of ancient and modern wonders of the world -- world without war -- Wings without us -- Hot legacy -- Our geologic record -- Where do we go from here? -- Art beyond us -- sea cradle -- Coda : our earth, our souls -- Acknowledgments -- Select bibliography -- Index. pt. 1 -- 1. A 2. 3. The 4. The 5. The 6. The pt. 2 -- 7. 8. 9. 10. The 11. The pt. 3 -- 12. The 13. The 14. 15. 16. pt. 4 -- 17. 18. 19. The
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.
0312347294 9780312347291
2007011565
Nature--Effect of human beings on
Material culture
Human-plant relationships
Human-animal relationships
GF75 / .W455 2007
304.2
The world without us / Alan Weisman. - viii, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-311) and index.
Prelude : A monkey koan -- lingering scent of Eden -- Unbuilding our home -- city without us -- world just before us -- lost menagerie -- African paradox -- What falls apart -- What lasts -- Polymers are forever -- petro patch -- world without farms -- fate of ancient and modern wonders of the world -- world without war -- Wings without us -- Hot legacy -- Our geologic record -- Where do we go from here? -- Art beyond us -- sea cradle -- Coda : our earth, our souls -- Acknowledgments -- Select bibliography -- Index. pt. 1 -- 1. A 2. 3. The 4. The 5. The 6. The pt. 2 -- 7. 8. 9. 10. The 11. The pt. 3 -- 12. The 13. The 14. 15. 16. pt. 4 -- 17. 18. 19. The
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.
0312347294 9780312347291
2007011565
Nature--Effect of human beings on
Material culture
Human-plant relationships
Human-animal relationships
GF75 / .W455 2007
304.2