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Here on Earth : A Natural History of the Planet.
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Here on Earth : A Natural History of the Planet.

Author: Tim Flannery
Publisher: Pgw 2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tim Flannery
ISBN: 9780802119766 : HRD 080211976X : HRD
OCLC Number: 711986506
Notes: NOT YET PUBLISHED.
Description: 288 p. ;
Contents: NOTE 505 0 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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An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species.

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