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The Resource The human age : the world shaped by us, Diane Ackerman, (electronic resource)
The human age : the world shaped by us, Diane Ackerman, (electronic resource)
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The item The human age : the world shaped by us, Diane Ackerman, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item The human age : the world shaped by us, Diane Ackerman, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- '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.' Our finest literary interpreter of science and nature, Diane Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place (for better and worse) in it. In this landmark book, she confronts the unprecedented fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have 'subdued 75 percent 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 orangutans 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'our future. The Human Age is a beguiling, optimistic engagement with the earth-shaking changes now affecting every part of our lives and those of our fellow creatures'a wise book that will astound, delight, and inform intelligent life for a long time to come
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Note
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- Downloadable audio file
- Title from title screen
- Isbn
- 9781490632162
- Label
- The human age : the world shaped by us
- Title
- The human age
- Title remainder
- the world shaped by us
- Statement of responsibility
- Diane Ackerman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- '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.' Our finest literary interpreter of science and nature, Diane Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place (for better and worse) in it. In this landmark book, she confronts the unprecedented fact that the human race is now the single dominant force of change on the planet. Humans have 'subdued 75 percent 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 orangutans 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'our future. The Human Age is a beguiling, optimistic engagement with the earth-shaking changes now affecting every part of our lives and those of our fellow creatures'a wise book that will astound, delight, and inform intelligent life for a long time to come
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- technical information on music
- Additional physical form
- Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices.
- Cataloging source
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- 1948-
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- Ackerman, Diane
- Dewey number
- 304.2
- Form of composition
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- Format of music
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- LC call number
- GF13
- LC item number
- .A35 2014
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
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- PerformerNote
- Narrated by Barbara Caruso
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- Caruso, Barbara
- Recorded Books, Inc
- Series statement
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- SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Human ecology
- Civilization
- Human beings
- Nature
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- Label
- The human age : the world shaped by us, Diane Ackerman, (electronic resource)
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- Note
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- Title from title screen
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
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- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
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- 9781490632162
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- Label
- The human age : the world shaped by us, Diane Ackerman, (electronic resource)
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- Note
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- Downloadable audio file
- Title from title screen
- Antecedent source
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781490632162
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
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- Requires RBdigital Media Manager
- System requirements: 200 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of RAM, Windows Installer 3.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), Windows Media Player 10 QA
- Tape configuration
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