Isbn: 9780691181202 - timefulness - how thinking like a geologist can help save the world (13 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Explains why an awareness of Earth s temporal rhythms is critical to planetary survival and offers suggestions for how to create a more time-literate society.&Uumlber den AutorMarcia Bjornerud is professor of geology and .

Hardcover. Zustand: Neu. Gebraucht - Sehr gut Neuware, Importqualität, auf Lager - Marcia Bjornerud shows how geologists chart the planet's past, explaining how we can determine the pace of solid Earth processes such as mountain building and erosion and comparing them with the more unstable rhythms of the oceans and atmosphere. These overlapping rates of change in the Earth system--some fast, some slow--demand a poly-temporal worldview, one that Bjornerud calls 'timefulness.' She explains why timefulness is vital in the Anthropocene, this human epoch of accelerating planetary change, and proposes sensible solutions for building a more time-literate society. This compelling book presents a new way of thinking about our place in time, enabling us to make decisions on multigenerational timescales. The lifespan of Earth may seem unfathomable compared to the brevity of human existence, but this view of time denies our deep roots in Earth's history--and the magnitude of our effects on the planet.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Neu. Neu Neuware, Importqualität, auf Lager - Marcia Bjornerud shows how geologists chart the planet's past, explaining how we can determine the pace of solid Earth processes such as mountain building and erosion and comparing them with the more unstable rhythms of the oceans and atmosphere. These overlapping rates of change in the Earth system--some fast, some slow--demand a poly-temporal worldview, one that Bjornerud calls 'timefulness.' She explains why timefulness is vital in the Anthropocene, this human epoch of accelerating planetary change, and proposes sensible solutions for building a more time-literate society. This compelling book presents a new way of thinking about our place in time, enabling us to make decisions on multigenerational timescales. The lifespan of Earth may seem unfathomable compared to the brevity of human existence, but this view of time denies our deep roots in Earth's history--and the magnitude of our effects on the planet.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Timefulness - How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World | How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World | Marcia Bjornerud | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2018 | Princeton University Press | EAN 9780691181202 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…