Die Welt ohne uns
Subtitle: Reise u ber eine unbevol lkerte Erde
By: Alan Weisman ; aus dem Amerikanischen von Hainer Kober
Contributors: Kober, Hainer, 1942-
Publisher: Piper
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Mu nche
Language: ger
Translated from: eng
Translation of: The World Without Us
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9783492051323
Subjects: Material culture; Nature; Human-plant relationships; Effect of human beings on; Human-animal relationships
Work titles: World without us
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-[379])