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Dunn, Rob R.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology.
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Dunn, Rob R.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology.
Environmental sociology.
Ecological forecasting.
Environmental policy.
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A natural history of the future : what the laws of biology tell us about the destiny of the human species / Rob Dunn.
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Dunn, Rob R.
Basic Books, 2021.
Call #:
304
.2
D923n
Subjects
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology.
Environmental sociology.
Ecological forecasting.
Environmental policy.
ISBN:
9781541619302 (hc.)
Alternate title:
What the laws of biology tell us about the destiny of the human species
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
vii, 306 p. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Over the past century, our species has amassed unprecedented knowledge of nature, and we have used it to pursue unprecedented control. From river levees to enormous one-crop fields, we continue to try to reshape nature for our pruposes -- so much so that it seems like we may destroy it. In 'A Natural History of the Future,' biologist Rob Dunn argues that nothing could be further from the truth.Rather than asking whether nature will survive us, better to ask whether we will survive nature. Despite our best -- or worst -- efforts to control nature, life has its own rules, and no amount of human tampering can rewrite them. Elucidating several fundamental laws of ecology, evolution, and biogeography, Dunn shows why life cannot be stopped. We sequester our crops on monocultured fields only to find new life emerging to attack them. We dump toxic waste only to find microbes to colonize it. And even in the London Tube, we have seen a new species of mosquito emerge to take advantage of an apparently inhospitable habitat. Life will not be repressed by our best-laid plans. Instead, Dunn shows us why it is our own future that hangs in the balance. As ambitious as Edward Wilson's 'Sociobiology' and as timely as Elizabeth Kolbert's 'The Sixth Extinction,' a 'Natural History of the Future' sets a new standard for understanding the diversity and destiny of life."--Jacket.
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