What if humankind disappeared from the face of the world – overnight? What would happen, how long would the world take to recover, how long before evidence of our existence disappears beneath the vegetation? There are many different answers to this question, with different time frames and scenarios and Alan Weisman’s questioning of people in the know, the experts and scientists has thrown up some amazing (and terrifying) facts.
He knits all this together into an engrossing story that whilst the stuff of fantasy, has roots in the environmental damage inflicted on the planet today.
Comparison: The Earth After Us by Jan Zalasiewicz, The Last Generation by Fred Pearce, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
Speaking to experts in fields as diverse as oil production and ecology, and visiting the places that have escaped recent human activity to discover how they have adapted to life without us, the author of this book paints an intriguing picture of the future of Earth.
| Primary Genre | Popular Science |
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Speaking to experts in fields as diverse as oil production and ecology, and visiting the places that have escaped recent human activity to discover how they have adapted to life without us, the author of this book paints an intriguing picture of the future of Earth.
The World Without Us features in the following genres: Popular Science, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Science: general issues, Mathematics and Science, Recommendations
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The World Without Us was written by Alan Weisman and published by Virgin Books
The World Without Us has 324 pages
