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Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made
Gaia Vince
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Description for Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made
Paperback. From artificial glaciers in the Himalayas to painted mountains in Peru, electrified reefs in the Maldives to garbage islands in the Caribbean, the author found people doing the most extraordinary things to solve the problems that we ourselves have created. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBG; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
** Winner of Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2015 ** We live in epoch-making times. The changes we humans have made in recent decades have altered our world beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.6 billion-year history. As a result, our planet is said to be crossing into the Anthropocene - the Age of Humans. Gaia Vince decided to travel the world at the start of this new age to see what life is really like for the people on the frontline of the planet we've made. ... Read more
** Winner of Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2015 ** We live in epoch-making times. The changes we humans have made in recent decades have altered our world beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.6 billion-year history. As a result, our planet is said to be crossing into the Anthropocene - the Age of Humans. Gaia Vince decided to travel the world at the start of this new age to see what life is really like for the people on the frontline of the planet we've made. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099572497
SKU
V9780099572497
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99-28
About Gaia Vince
Gaia Vince is a journalist and broadcaster specialising in science, the environment, and social issues. She was awarded the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, becoming the first solo female winner in the Prize's history. She has been an editor at Nature Climate Change, Nature and New Scientist. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, The Times, Science, ... Read more
Reviews for Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made
A heroic and important work
Bryan Appleyard
Sunday Times
An excellent book... Vince writes with great freshness and vigour, and her stories are hard to stop reading
Daily Telegraph
It holds a mirror up to humanity and says: look what you have done to the world, the only world you ... Read more
Bryan Appleyard
Sunday Times
An excellent book... Vince writes with great freshness and vigour, and her stories are hard to stop reading
Daily Telegraph
It holds a mirror up to humanity and says: look what you have done to the world, the only world you ... Read more