A Natural History of the Future : what the laws of biology tell us about the destiny of the human species
Rob Dunn
Bok · Engelsk · 2023
| Omfang | viii, 306 sider : illustrasjoner, kartor
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- Blindsided by life -- Urban Galapagos -- The inadvertent ark -- The last escape -- The human niche -- The intelligence of crows -- Embracing diversity to balance risk -- The law of dependence -- Humpty-Dumpty and the robotic sex bees -- Living with evolution -- Not the end of nature --No longer among the living. - Our species has amassed unprecedented knowledge of nature, which we have tried to use to seize control of life and bend the planet to our will. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile. We may see ourselves as lifes overlords, but we are instead at its mercy. In the evolution of antibiotic resistance, the power of natural selection to create biodiversity, and even the surprising life of the London Underground, Dunn finds laws of life that no human activity can annul. When we create artificial islands of crops, dump toxic waste, or build communities, we provide new materials for old laws to shape. Lifes future flourishing is not in question. Ours is.
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| ISBN | 1541603125. - 1541619307. - 9781399800136. - 9781541603127. - 9781541619302
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