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The World Without Us by Alan Weisman is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The World Without Us about?

EDITORIAL REVIEW:*Time* #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007*Entertainment Weekly* #1 Nonfiction Book of 2007Finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award*Salon* Book Awards 2007Amazon Top 100 Editors’ Picks of 2007 (#4)Barnes and Noble 10 Best of 2007: Politics and Current Affairs*Kansas City Star*’s Top 100 Books of the Year 2007*Mother Jones*’ Favorite Books of 2007*South Florida Sun-Sentinel* Best Books of the Year 2007*Hudson*’s Best Books of 2007*St. Louis Post-Dispatch* Best Books of 2007*St. Paul Pioneer Press* Best Books of 2007If human beings disappeared instantaneously from the Earth, what would happen? How would the planet reclaim its surface? What creatures would emerge from the dark and swarm? How would our treasured structures--our tunnels, our bridges, our homes, our monuments--survive the unmitigated impact of a planet without our intervention? In his revelatory, bestselling account, Alan Weisman draws on every field of science to present an environmental assessment like no other, the most affecting portrait yet of humankind's place on this planet.

Who reads The World Without Us?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Alan Weisman
Publisher
Macmillan
Published
2008
Language
EN
ISBN
9780739490440
Category
science
Subjects
Anthropology, Engineering, Science
Rating
3.27 / 5 (449 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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