The human age : the world shaped by us

Ackerman, Diane 1948- (Author).

Summary: "Humans have subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness. We tinker with nature at every opportunity; we garden the planet with our preferred species of plants and animals, many of them invasive; and we have even altered the climate, threatening our own extinction. Yet we reckon with our own destructive capabilities in extraordinary acts of hope-filled creativity ... Ackerman [explores] our new reality, introducing us to many of the people and ideas now creating--perhaps saving--our future and that of our fellow creatures"--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393240740 (hbk.)
ISBN: 0393240746 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
viii, 344 pages ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Welcome to the Anthropocene -- In the house of stone and light -- Is nature "natural" anymore? -- Nature, pixilated -- Our bodies, our nature.