Earth in human hands : shaping our planet's future
Title:
Earth in human hands : shaping our planet's future
Author:
ISBN:
9781455589128
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xx, 522 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Listening to the planets -- Can a planet be alive? -- Monkey with the world -- Planetary changes of the fourth kind -- Terra sapiens -- Intelligent worlds in the universe -- Finding our voice -- Embracing the human planet.
Summary:
"A NASA astrobiologist outlines optimistic messages about humanity's future in the face of climate change, explaining how the human role in managing the planet's evolution is determining the course of life,"--NoveList.
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