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Half-Earth: Our Planet´s Fight for Life
Edward O. Wilson
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Description for Half-Earth: Our Planet´s Fight for Life
Hardback. Refusing to accept the mass extinction of species as an inevitability, "the world's greatest naturalist" (Jeffrey Sachs) proposes a plan to save Earth's imperiled biosphere. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns us that a point of no return is imminent. Refusing to believe that our extinction is predetermined, Wilson has written Half-Earth as a cri de coeur, proposing that the only solution to our impending Sixth Extinction is to increase the area of natural reserves to half the surface of the earth. Half-Earth is a resounding conclusion to the best-selling trilogy begun by the splendid (Financial Times) The ... Read more
History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns us that a point of no return is imminent. Refusing to believe that our extinction is predetermined, Wilson has written Half-Earth as a cri de coeur, proposing that the only solution to our impending Sixth Extinction is to increase the area of natural reserves to half the surface of the earth. Half-Earth is a resounding conclusion to the best-selling trilogy begun by the splendid (Financial Times) The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631490828
SKU
V9781631490828
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99-1
About Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson is widely recognized as one of the world's preeminent biologists and naturalists. The author of more than twenty books, including The Creation, The Social Conquest of Earth, The Meaning of Human Existence, and Letters to a Young Scientist, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. ... Read more
Reviews for Half-Earth: Our Planet´s Fight for Life
...the conclusion to [Edward O. Wilson's] best-selling trilogy...
BBC Wildlife Listen up: it could literally mean the world to us.
Karen Shook, New and noteworthy - Times Higher Education As an outline of our terrible ecological plight, it [Half-Earth] does a first-class job. Wilson is, if nothing else, a gifted wordsmith and Half-Earth is ... Read more
BBC Wildlife Listen up: it could literally mean the world to us.
Karen Shook, New and noteworthy - Times Higher Education As an outline of our terrible ecological plight, it [Half-Earth] does a first-class job. Wilson is, if nothing else, a gifted wordsmith and Half-Earth is ... Read more