The World Without Us
But The World Without Us is also about how parts of our world currently fare without a human presence (Chernobyl; a Polish old-growth forest, the Korean DMZ) and it looks at the human legacy on Earth, both fleeting and indelible. It?s narrative nonfiction at its finest, taking an irresistible concept with gravity and a highly-readable touch.
Some examples of what would happen:
· One year: Several more billions birds will live when airplane warning lights cease blinking.
· Twenty years: The water-soaked steel columns that support the street above New York?s East Side would corrode and buckle. As Lexington Avenue caves in, it becomes a river.
· 100,000 years: CO2 will be back to pre-human levels (or it might take longer).
· Forever: Our radio waves, fragmented as they may be, will still be going out.
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-23-2009
- Yoooooohoo! Anybody home?
"Worldwide, every four days human population rises by 1 million." - Author Alan Weisman in THE WORLD WITHOUT USBut, what if the Earth's humans disappeared? This is the premise of THE WORLD WITHOUT US, a book version of what you may have...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-21-2009
- Excellent book - highly recommended
Very well written book - the research and effort that went into writing this book is truly remarkable to say the least. Starts slow but rapidly moves into the "hard to put down" category.. I highly recommend this book!!
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-19-2009
- Beguiling, apocalyptic thought experiment
This is beautiful lay science writing, drawing the reader along from the first lines with the current of the author's fluid prose. I find myself wishing I could award more stars because I have reviewed several other books at five and...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-14-2009
- Simpler Times
What would happen if all every human being suddenly ceased to exist? Alan Weisman hypothesizes this very idea in his book The World Without Us. Weisman paints a world without the human race, imagining what would happen to the...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-23-2009
- Yoooooohoo! Anybody home?
"Worldwide, every four days human population rises by 1 million." - Author Alan Weisman in THE WORLD WITHOUT USBut, what if the Earth's humans disappeared? This is the premise of THE WORLD WITHOUT US, a book version of what you may have...
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- 3/5
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- Posted: Jan-01-2009
- I Should Have Just Read The Essay
The World Without us is a fascinating concept book. Looking at how the earth would reclaim the urban sprawl is utterly compelling and fairly depressing. Through exploring this concept the book also deals with deep environmental issues...
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- 1/5
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- Posted: Jan-02-2009
- Illumanist bootlicker
I loved Weisman's "Gaviotas," as a story of hope and possibilities, but romanticizing the Illumanist agenda of killing off all or all but 500,000 (closely-related) humans is hardly laudable. True, humanity has utterly lost its way. The...
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