The Human Age
The World Shaped by Us
$39.75
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2015
Summary
‘Our relationship with nature has changed … radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.’
In THE HUMAN AGE award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have ‘subdued 75 per cent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung ligh…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755365012 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755365011 |
| Author: | Diane Ackerman |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 132mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
A dazzling achievement: immensely readable, lively, polymathic, audacious.
One of our great authors … you’re now about to become addicted to Diane Ackerman. - Jared Diamond
A dazzling achievement - New York TimesAmazingly illuminating - Siddhartha MukherjeeA gorgeous read - Brain PickingsFascinating - Washington PostFerociously inspiring - Seattle TimesFull of scientific nuggets and bundles of research, this is written in an accessible and entertaining style. - The Daily MailA dazzling achievement: immensely readable, lively, polymathic, audacious. - New York TimesDiane Ackerman
Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the international bestsellers The Zookeeper’s Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives with her husband Paul West in Ithaca, New York.
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