The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us

by Diane Ackerman

Book Overview

Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place in it. In this landmark book, she confronts the unprecedented reality that one prodigiously intelligent and meddlesome creature, Homo sapiens, is now the dominant force shaping the future of planet Earth.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393240746
• ISBN13: 9780393240740
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"