Bibliograph

Here on earth, a natural history of the planet, Tim Flannery

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Here on earth, a natural history of the planet, Tim Flannery

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-298) and index

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illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Here on earth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

669750173

Responsibility statement

Tim Flannery

Sub title

a natural history of the planet

Summary

An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species

Table Of Contents

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 -- Section 2: A turbulent youth. Man the disrupter ; New worlds ; Biophilia -- Section 3: Ever since agriculture. Superorganisms ; Superorganismic glue ; Ascent of the ultimate superorganism -- Section 4: Toxic climax? War against nature ; Gaia-killers ; The eleventh hour? ; Undoing the work of ages -- 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 -- Section 6: An intelligent Earth? What lies on the other side?

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