The human age : the world shaped by us / Diane Ackerman.
"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
- ISBN: 0393240746
- Physical Description: 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. Apps for apes ; Wild heart, anthropocene mind ; Black marble ; Handmade landscapes ; A dialect of stone ; Monkeying with the weather ; Gaia in a temper ; Brainstorming from equator to ice ; Blue revolution -- In the house of stone and light. Asphalt jungles ; A green man in a green shade ; House plants? How passé ; Opportunity warms -- Is nature "natural" anymore? Is nature "natural" anymore? ; The slow-motion invaders ;"They had no choice" ; Paddling in the gene pool ; For love of a snail -- Nature, pixilated. An (un)natural future of the senses ; Weighing in the nanoscale ; Nature, pixilated ; The interspecies Internet ; Your passion flower is sexting you ; When robots weep, who will comfort them? ; Robots on a date ; Printing a rocking horse on Mars -- Our bodies, our nature. the (3D-printed) ear he lends me ; Cyborgs and chimeras ; DNA's secret doormen ; Meet my maker, the mad molecule ; Wild heart, anthropocene mind (revisited).
Search for related items by subject
Available copies
- 14 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
Show All Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | 304.2 ACK (Text) | 37810435010300 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Accessibility Features
| LDR | 02881cam a2200385 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 10242243 | ||
| 003 | CARDINAL | ||
| 005 | 20160725081358.0 | ||
| 008 | 140814s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng | ||
| 010 | . | ‡a 2014027691 | |
| 020 | . | ‡a9780393240740 ‡q(hardcover) | |
| 020 | . | ‡a0393240746 ‡q(hardcover) | |
| 035 | . | ‡a(OCoLC)869437847 | |
| 035 | . | ‡a(OCoLC)887450822 | |
| 040 | . | ‡aDLC ‡beng ‡erda ‡cDLC ‡dIG# ‡dYDXCP ‡dIZ8 ‡dABG ‡dN@N | |
| 050 | 0 | 0. | ‡aGF13 ‡b.A35 2014 |
| 082 | 0 | 0. | ‡a304.2 ‡223 |
| 100 | 1 | . | ‡aAckerman, Diane, ‡d1948- ‡0(CARDINAL)322999 |
| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe human age : ‡bthe world shaped by us / ‡cDiane Ackerman. |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bW.W. Norton & Company, ‡c[2014] | |
| 300 | . | ‡aviii, 344 pages ; ‡c25 cm | |
| 336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
| 337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aWelcome to the Anthropocene. Apps for apes ; Wild heart, anthropocene mind ; Black marble ; Handmade landscapes ; A dialect of stone ; Monkeying with the weather ; Gaia in a temper ; Brainstorming from equator to ice ; Blue revolution -- In the house of stone and light. Asphalt jungles ; A green man in a green shade ; House plants? How passé ; Opportunity warms -- Is nature "natural" anymore? Is nature "natural" anymore? ; The slow-motion invaders ;"They had no choice" ; Paddling in the gene pool ; For love of a snail -- Nature, pixilated. An (un)natural future of the senses ; Weighing in the nanoscale ; Nature, pixilated ; The interspecies Internet ; Your passion flower is sexting you ; When robots weep, who will comfort them? ; Robots on a date ; Printing a rocking horse on Mars -- Our bodies, our nature. the (3D-printed) ear he lends me ; Cyborgs and chimeras ; DNA's secret doormen ; Meet my maker, the mad molecule ; Wild heart, anthropocene mind (revisited). |
| 520 | . | ‡a"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. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aCivilization ‡xHistory. ‡0(CARDINAL)233921 | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aHuman beings ‡xHistory. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aHuman ecology. ‡0(CARDINAL)241655 | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aNature ‡xEffect of human beings on. ‡0(CARDINAL)245067 | |
| 902 | . | ‡aMARCIVE 201809 | |
| 902 | . | ‡aMARCIVE 201912 | |
| 901 | . | ‡a10242243 ‡bUnknown ‡c10242243 ‡tbiblio | |
