| The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us Contributor(s): Ackerman, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393351645 ISBN-13: 9780393351644 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Natural History - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 363.7 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.56" W x 8.44" (0.59 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With her celebrated blend of scientific insight, clarity, and curiosity, Diane Ackerman explores our human capacity both for destruction and for invention as we shape the future of the planet Earth. Ackerman takes us to the mind-expanding frontiers of science, exploring the fact that the natural and the human now inescapably depend on one another, drawing from fields as diverse as evolutionary robotics...nanotechnology, 3-D printing and biomimicry (New York Times Book Review), with probing intelligence, a clear eye, and an ever-hopeful heart. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ackerman, Diane: - Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York. |