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008			070320s2007 nyua b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aGF75 _b.W455 2007
082	0	0	_a304.2 _222
100	1		_aWeisman, Alan _916592
245	1	4	_aThe world without us / _cAlan Weisman
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York : _bThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, _c2007
300			_aviii, 324 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-311) and index
505	0		_aPrelude : a monkey koan -- A lingering scent of Eden -- Unbuilding our home -- The city without us -- The world just before us -- The lost menagerie -- The African paradox -- What falls apart -- What lasts -- Polymers are forever -- The petro patch -- The world without farms -- The fate of ancient and modern wonders of the world -- The world without war -- Wings without us -- Hot legacy -- Our geologic record -- Where do we go from here? -- Art beyond us -- The sea cradle -- Coda : our earth, our souls
520			_aJournalist Weisman offers an original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders, and paleontologists, he illustrates what the planet might be like today if humans disappeared. He explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze sculpture, radio waves, and some man-made molecules may be our most lasting gifts to the universe. As he shows which human devastations are indelible, and which examples of our highest art and culture would endure longest, Weisman's narrative ultimately drives toward a radical but persuasive solution that needn't depend on our demise.--From publisher description
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on _910475
650		0	_aMaterial culture _91175
650		0	_aHuman-plant relationships _938836
650		0	_aHuman-animal relationships
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