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

Gee, Henry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1250325587 ISBN 13 : 9781250325587

Editeur : St. Martin's Press, 2025

Synopsis

By the award-winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history of humanity on the brink of decline.

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We are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more than ten thousand years, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. In the middle of this century population growth will stop, and the number of people on Earth will start to decline - fast.

In this provocative book, award-winning science writer Henry Gee offers a concise, brilliantly-told history of our species--and argues that we are on a rapid, one-way trip to extinction. The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire narrates the dramatic rise of humanity. The human story is relatively brief--the oldest fossils of H. Sapiens date to approximately 300,000 years ago--yet the spread of our species has been unstoppable...until recently.

As Gee demonstrates, our environment is becoming inimical to human life in many locations; our core resources of water, arable land, and air are diminishing; and new diseases, simmering conflicts, and ambiguous technologies threaten our collective health. Can we still change our course? Or is our own extinction inevitable?

With assured narration, dramatic stories, and his signature sprightly humor, Henry Gee envisions new opportunities for the future of humanity--a future that will reward facing challenges with ingenuity, foresight, and cooperation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

HENRY GEE is a senior editor at Nature and the author of several books, including Jacob's Ladder, In Search of Deep Time, The Science of Middle-earth, and The Accidental Species. 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: St. Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1250325587
• ISBN 13: 9781250325587
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible