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000313772 1001_ $$aWeisman, Alan.
000313772 24514 $$aThe world without us /$$cAlan Weisman.
000313772 250__ $$a1st ed.
000313772 260__ $$aNew York :$$bThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,$$c2007.
000313772 300__ $$aviii, 324 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm.
000313772 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-311) and index.
000313772 5050_ $$aPrelude : a monkey koan -- A lingering scent of Eden -- Unbuilding our home -- The city without us -- The world just before us -- The lost menagerie -- The African paradox -- What falls apart -- What lasts -- Polymers are forever -- The petro patch -- The world without farms -- The fate of ancient and modern wonders of the world -- The world without war -- Wings without us -- Hot legacy -- Our geologic record -- Where do we go from here? -- Art beyond us -- The sea cradle -- Coda : our earth, our souls.
000313772 520__ $$aJournalist Weisman offers an original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders, and paleontologists, he illustrates what the planet might be like today if humans disappeared. He explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze sculpture, radio waves, and some man-made molecules may be our most lasting gifts to the universe. As he shows which human devastations are indelible, and which examples of our highest art and culture would endure longest, Weisman's narrative ultimately drives toward a radical but persuasive solution that needn't depend on our demise.--From publisher description.
000313772 650_0 $$aNature$$xEffect of human beings on.
000313772 650_0 $$aMaterial culture.
000313772 650_0 $$aHuman-plant relationships.
000313772 650_0 $$aHuman-animal relationships.
000313772 85200 $$bgen$$hGF75$$i.W455$$i2007
000313772 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007011565.html
000313772 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0711/2007011565-d.html
000313772 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0711/2007011565-b.html
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