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The World Without Us
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Fascinating, but depressing.
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Probably the most memorable book I read in 2011... I learned about incredible places in the world that I had never heard of before (Cappadocia, Turkey; the Białowieża Forest in Poland and Belarus that is the last fragment of virgin European forest) and considered issues about a humanless world that didn't even occur to me. The book always amazed with its facts and history and hypothetical situations.
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Just finished this (bought used from Powell's - real books are the way, man!!!!) and loved it. Not a 'treehugger' book, rather a really excellent anthropological look at our society and how the earth would make up for what we've done to it if we were suddenly gone. I loved the historical aspects to this book - I learned so much about how the earth was before humans migrated to different areas and how our activities changed, literally, the landscape of the earth and our footprint on it, and so much damage that we've done that will take millions of years to undo. Great work.
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Cioccolata16
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Weisman provides a contrasting view of the world today with what it might look like in a future sans humans. This concept is not a new one, but the approach Weisman takes serves both as a warning for present actions and to humble our species' ego. Combining scientific knowledge of how materials break down and present examples of decaying human artifices, the book does an excellent job of painting a picture of a planet that does not need humans. I liked how there is this acknowledgment that nature will ultimately prevail, but at the same time emphasis on how many of our actions today (such as use of plastics and nuclear weapons) will leave a signature for thousands or millions of years. Fascinating book, a little dull at times, but gets you thinking. Perfect Earth Day read!
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Kelly A
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A very interesting look at how much of our infrastructure is propped up, constantly, by human intervention. The natural history got a little textbooky for someone without that background. And it is as I suspected: Cats can survive quite nicely without us, they have just trained people to create kitty lives of leisure.
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Product Details
ISBN:
9780312427900
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/05/2008
Publisher:
ST MARTINS PRESS
Pages:
416
Height:
.72IN
Width:
5.76IN
Thickness:
.75
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2008
UPC Code:
2800312427902
Author:
Alan Weisman
Media Run Time:
B
Subject:
Human-plant relationships.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Subject:
Material culture
Subject:
Environmental Studies-General
Subject:
Nature
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