The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction - Couverture rigide

Gee, Henry

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ISBN 10 : 1035030837 ISBN 13 : 9781035030835

Editeur : Picador, 2025

Synopsis

From the winner of the Royal Society Science Book Prize, a thrilling and thought-provoking account of the rise and fall of humankind.

'Brilliant' – The Times

'Hugely informative and entertaining' – New Scientist

'Put this at the head of your reading lists immediately' – Eric Idle

For the first time in over ten millennia, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. The global population is forecast to begin declining in the second half of this century, and in 10,000 years’ time our species will likely be extinct.

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, Henry Gee shows how we arrived at this crucial moment in history, beginning his story deep in the palaeolithic past and charting our dramatic rise from one species of human among many to the most dominant animal to ever live on Earth.

But rapid climate change, a stagnating global economy, falling birth rates and an unexplainable decline in average human sperm count are combining to make our chances for longevity increasingly slim.

There could be a way forward, but the launch window is narrow . . .

Drawing on a dazzling array of the latest scientific research, Gee tells the extraordinary story of humanity with characteristic warmth and wit, and suggests how our exceptional species might avoid its tragic fate.

'Like Jared Diamond meets Arthur C. Clarke with a dash of Douglas Adams' – Philip Ball, author of How Life Works

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Henry Gee is a senior editor at Nature and the author of several books, including The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, Jacob’s Ladder, In Search of Deep Time, The Science of Middle-Earth, The Accidental Species, and A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, which won the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize. He has appeared on BBC television and radio and NPR’s All Things Considered, and has written for The Guardian, The Times, and BBC Science Focus. He lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1035030837
• ISBN 13: 9781035030835
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Picador; https://www.panmacmillan.com/picador; ; Units 1 & 2 Chater Court; Market Deeping; Lincs; PE6 8AH; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible