Here on earth : a natural history of the planet

Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof) 1956- (Author).

Summary: An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802119766 (hc.)
ISBN: 9781554689811 (hc.)
ISBN: 1554689813 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 316 p., [8 p.] of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st Canadian ed.
Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298), Internet addresses, and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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?.