Here on earth
Subtitle: a natural history of the planet
By: Tim Flannery
Edition: 1st Canadian ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781554689811
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Evolution; Sustainability; Human ecology; Natural history; Natural History; Évolution; Durabilité de l'environnement; Écologie humaine; Sciences naturelles; Natural sciences
Description: "Here on Earth, which draws its points of departure from Darwin and Wallace, Lovelock and Dawkins, is an extraordinary exploration of evolution and sustainability. Our success as a species has had disastrous effects on many of the Earth&#x2019;s ecosystems and could lead to our downfall. But equally, Flannery argues, we are now equipped as never before to explore our true relationship with the planet on which our biological, economic and cultural futures depend. Here on Earth is not just a dazzling account of life on our planet. It will change the way you live."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 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; title: Section 2: A turbulent youth. Man the disrupter ; New worlds ; Biophilia; title: Section 3: Ever since agriculture. Superorganisms ; Superorganismic glue ; Ascent of the ultimate superorganism; title: Section 4: Toxic climax? War against nature ; Gaia-killers ; The eleventh hour? ; Undoing the work of ages; title: 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; title: Section 6: An intelligent Earth? What lies on the other side?