Here on Earth: A Twin Biography of the Planet and the Human Race

Here on Earth: A Twin Biography of the Planet and the Human Race
ISBN-10
0241950732
ISBN-13
9780241950739
Series
Here on Earth
Category
Earth
Pages
381
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Penguin UK
Author
Tim Fridtjof Flannery

Description

Explores the remarkable source of all life and how it has developed into the wonder around us today. From ant colonies to zinc mining, Tim Flannery takes us on a journey around the world and from the top of the food-chain to the very chemicals of which we are made, and explores how the fate of humanity is in our own hands.

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