| Description |
xviii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map, portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Section 1. Chapter 1. Evolution's Motive Force.--Chapter 2. Of Genes, Mnemes Destruction.--Chapter 3. Evolution's Legacy.--Chapter 4. A Fresh Look at Earth.--Chapter 5. Commonwealth of Virtue.--Section 2.--Chapter 6. Man the Disrupter.--Chapter 7. New Worlds.--Chapter 8. Biophilia.--Section 3.--Chapter 9. Superorganisms.--Chapter 10. Superorganismic Glue.--Chapter 11. Ascent of the Ultimate Superorganism.--Srction 4. Chapter 12. War Against Nature.--Chapter 13. Gaia-Killers.--Chapter 14. The Eleventh Hour?.--Chapter 15. Undoing the Work of Ages.--Section 5. Our Present State.--Chapter 16. The Stars of Heaven.--Chapter 17. Discounting the Future.--Chapter 18. Greed and the Market.--Chapter 19. Of War and Inequality.--Chapter 20. A New Tool Kit.--Chapter 21. Governance.--Chapter 22. Restroing the Life-Force.--Section 6. An Intelligent Earth?.--Chapter 23. What Lies on the Other Side? |
| Summary |
We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature of our true abilities and of our history is supremely important. We have formed a global civilisation of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our minds - a civilisation which is transforming our Earth |
| Analysis |
Climate and civilization |
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Climatic change |
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Evolution |
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Human beings - Effect of climate on |
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Human beings - Effect of environment on |
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Human ecology |
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Sustainability |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-298) and index |
| Audience |
General |
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Tertiary/Undergraduate |
| Subject |
Climate and civilization.
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Environmental ethics.
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Human beings -- Effect of climate on.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Evolution.
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Human ecology.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Sustainability.
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| Author |
Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-
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| ISBN |
9781921656668 (paperback) |
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9781921656873 (hbk.) |
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