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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?

Journalist Weisman Offers An Original Approach To Questions Of Humanity's Impact On The Planet. Drawing On The Expertise Of Engineers, Atmospheric Scientists, Art Conservators, Zoologists, Oil Refiners, Marine Biologists, Astrophysicists, Religious Leaders, And Paleontologists, He Illustrates What The Planet Might Be Like Today If Humans Disappeared. He Explains How Our Massive Infrastructure Would Collapse And Finally Vanish Without Human Presence; Which Everyday Items May Become Immortalized As Fossils; How Copper Pipes And Wiring Would Be Crushed Into Mere Seams Of Reddish Rock; Why Some Of Our Earliest Buildings Might Be The Last Architecture Left; And How Plastic, Bronze Sculpture, Radio Waves, And Some Man-made Molecules May Be Our Most Lasting Gifts To The Universe. As He Shows Which Human Devastations Are Indelible, And Which Examples Of Our Highest Art And Culture Would Endure Longest, Weisman's Narrative Ultimately Drives Toward A Radical But Persuasive Solution That Needn't Depend On Our Demise.--from Publisher Description. Prelude : A Monkey Koan -- A Lingering Scent Of Eden -- Unbuilding Our Home -- The City Without Us -- The World Just Before Us -- The Lost Menagerie

Who reads The World Without Us?

Author

Alan Weisman

Publisher

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312347291

Category

science

Subjects

Anthropology, Engineering, Science

Rating

3.79 / 5 (29,120 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14