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A Natural History of the Future - What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species (Hardcover)
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A Natural History of the Future - What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species (Hardcover)
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Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented
technological innovations with which we have sought to control
nature. From river levees to enormous one-crop fields, we continue
to try to reshape nature for our purposes - so much so it seems we
may be in danger of destroying it. In A Natural History of the
Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that nothing could be further
from the truth: rather than asking whether nature will survive us,
better to ask whether we will survive nature. Despite our best - or
worst - efforts to control the biological world, life has its own
rules, and no amount of human tampering can rewrite them.
Elucidating several fundamental laws of ecology, evolution, and
biogeography, Dunn shows why life cannot be stopped. We sequester
our crops on monocultured fields, only to find new life emerging to
attack them. We dump toxic waste only to find microbes to colonize
it. And even in the London Tube, we have seen a new species of
mosquito emerge to take advantage of an apparently inhospitable
habitat. Life will not be repressed by our best-laid plans.
Instead, Dunn shows us a vision of the biological future and the
challenges the next generations could face. A Natural History of
the Future sets a new standard for understanding the diversity of
life and our future as a species.
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