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Title:

Here on earth : an argument for hope / Tim Flannery. [Variant title:Here on earth : a sustainable future.]

Title: Here on earth : an argument for hope / Tim Flannery. [Variant title:Here on earth : a sustainable future.]

Author:

Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- ; Flannery, Tim.

Author: Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- ; Flannery, Tim.

Type:

Book

Type: Book

Call no:

D304.28/FLA/MAIN

Call no: D304.28/FLA/MAIN

Publisher:

Melbourne : The Text Publishing,

Publisher: Melbourne : The Text Publishing,

Year:

2010.

Year: 2010.

Subject:

Climate and civilization. ; Sustainability. ; Evolution. ; Human beings - Effect of environment on. ; Human beings - Effect of climate on.

Subject: Climate and civilization. ; Sustainability. ; Evolution. ; Human beings - Effect of environment on. ; Human beings - Effect of climate on.

Physical description:

xviii, 316 p., [8] p. of plates (some col.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map, ports. (some col.) ; 24

Physical description: xviii, 316 p., [8] p. of plates (some col.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map, ports. (some col.) ; 24

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.285-298) and index.
We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature of our true abilities and of our history is supremely important. We have formed a global civilisation of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our minds - a civilisation which is transforming our Earth.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.285-298) and index.
We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature of our true abilities and of our history is supremely important. We have formed a global civilisation of unprecedented might, driven forward by the power of our minds - a civilisation which is transforming our Earth.

ISBN/ISSN:

9781921656668 (pbk.) 9781921656873 (hbk.);

ISBN/ISSN: 9781921656668 (pbk.) 9781921656873 (hbk.);

Record Link:

https://library.australian.museum//fullRecord.jsp?recno=55748

Record Link: https://library.australian.museum// fullRecord.jsp?recno=55748

Abstract:

Section 1. Chapter 1. Evolution's Motive Force.--Chapter 2. Of Genes, Mnemes Destruction.--Chapter 3. Evolution's Legacy.--Chapter 4. A Fresh Look at Earth.--Chapter 5. Commonwealth of Virtue.--Section 2.--Chapter 6. Man the Disrupter.--Chapter 7. New

Worlds.--Chapter 8. Biophilia.--Section 3.--Chapter 9. Superorganisms.--Chapter 10. Superorganismic Glue.--Chapter 11. Ascent of the Ultimate Superorganism.--Srction 4. Chapter 12. War Against Nature.--Chapter 13. Gaia-Killers.--Chapter 14. The Eleventh Hour?.--Chapter 15. Undoing the Work of Ages.--Section 5. Our Present State.--Chapter 16. The Stars of Heaven.--Chapter 17. Discounting the Future.--Chapter 18. Greed and the Market.--Chapter 19. Of War and Inequality.--Chapter 20. A New Tool Kit.--Chapter 21. Governance.--Chapter 22. Restroing the Life-Force.--Section 6. An Intelligent Earth?.--Chapter 23. What Lies on the Other Side?

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