圖書標籤: 環境 科學 environment 美國 Us World 小說 Without
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A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth
In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us.In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman 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.The World Without Us reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York’s subways would start eroding the city’s foundations, and how, as the world’s cities crumble, asphalt jungles would give way to real ones. It describes the distinct ways that organic and chemically treated farms would revert to wild, how billions more birds would flourish, and how cockroaches in unheated cities would perish without us. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dali Lama, and paleontologists---who describe a prehuman world inhabited by megafauna like giant sloths that stood taller than mammoths---Weisman illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us.From places already devoid of humans (a last fragment of primeval European forest; the Korean DMZ; Chernobyl), Weisman reveals Earth’s tremendous capacity for self-healing. 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. It is narrative nonfiction at its finest, and in posing an irresistible concept with both gravity and a highly readable touch, it looks deeply at our effects on the planet in a way that no other book has.
艾倫·韋斯曼,屢獲殊榮的新聞記者,他的報道在《哈珀斯》、《紐約時報雜誌》、《大西洋月刊》、《發現》和美國國傢公共電颱等地方發錶或播報。他曾是《洛杉磯時報雜誌》的特約編輯,現在新聞從業者團體Homelantls Productionsrp擔任資深齣品人,並在亞利桑那大學教授國際新聞學課程。《沒有我們的世界》是他對一篇文稿《沒有人類的地球》(發錶於2005 年《發現》雜誌)的擴充,被評選為“2006年度美國最佳科學寫作”。
角度選的蠻多,但是作為科普類的書寫的不太生動,太多羅列jargon,看起來很煩躁
評分totally depressed. good for non-environmentalists. anti-feminism.
評分圖文書 感覺還好。。
評分有太多的人都僅僅看到瞭這本書所描述的錶麵現象。然而,我覺得,這本書所引發的思考,已經遠遠不是生命科學或者環境科學領域的課題。這是對於地球的未來、人類滅亡的思考。究竟什麼是存在?什麼是永恒?……在無情的時間洪流中,絕大多數我們曾經留下的痕跡都會逐一消亡。而隻有生命本身,生生不息。我們的遺跡將會成為它們生存的傢園。它們將會開創新的進化紀元——一個沒有我們的,新的紀元……
評分圖文書 感覺還好。。
2007年12月14日下午2:00与作者北京国图(中关村南路)学术报告厅亲密接触吧。美国亚利桑那大学学者艾伦·韦斯曼受邀来京演讲,有兴趣就去参加吧。应该还不错。
評分忍不住从编辑的角度说几句话,这个是职业病,不要见怪。 这本书在美国是畅销书,它也确实具有畅销书的潜质。环保话题是热点,此书的角度新颖,引导人们去设想一个人类消失后的世界,进而阐明人类活动对于地球的影响。 不过,仅仅如此吗? 人类灭亡是一个最引人思考的命题。...
評分 評分 評分《没有我们的世界》,这样一本书注定很吸引人。电视台找了些学者同作者座谈,偶尔看到了这个节目中的几个镜头。电视节目设定的讨论题目之一,大意是问如果人类不存在了,世界上谁是No.1,也就是说,谁会替代人类,成为世界的主宰?比如,狒狒会称霸地球吗?哦哈,多拽的话题。 ...
The World Without Us pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025