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The Human Age - The World Shaped by Us (Paperback)
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The Human Age - The World Shaped by Us (Paperback)
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List price R329
Loot Price R268
Discovery Miles 2 680
You Save R61 (19%)
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'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 lights all across the darkness'. We now
collect the DNA of vanishing species in a 'frozen ark', equip
orang-utans with iPads, create wearable technologies and synthetic
species that might one day outsmart us. Ackerman takes us on an
exciting journey to understand this bewildering new reality,
introducing us to many of the people and ideas now creating -
perhaps saving - the future. The Human Age is a surprising,
optimistic engagement with the dramatic transformations that have
shaped, and continue to alter, our world, our relationship with
nature and our prospects for the future. Diane Ackerman is one of
our most lyrical, insightful and compelling writers on the natural
world and The Human Age is a landmark book.
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