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| Verlag | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Auflage | 2020 |
| Seiten | 192 |
| Format | 14,0 x 16,5 x 1,5 cm |
| Gewicht | 170 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Object Lessons |
| ISBN-10 | 1501361902 |
| EAN | 9781501361906 |
| Bestell-Nr | 50136190UA |
An object lesson on how our daily lifestyle decisions are impacting the places we occupy, our health, and humanity's prospect of survival.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
What is the environment, this elusive object that impacts us so profoundly--our odds to be born; the way we look, feel, and function; and how long and comfortable we may live? The environment is not only everything we see around us but also, at a lesser scale, a hailstorm of molecules large and small that constantly penetrates our bodies, simultaneously nourishing and threatening our health. The concept of oneness with our surroundings urges a reckoning of what we are doing to 'the environment,' and consequently, what we are doing to ourselves.
By taking us through this journey of questioning, Rolf Halden's Environment empowers readers with new knowledge and a heightened appreciation of how our daily lifestyle decisions are impacting the places we occupy, our health, and humanity's prospect of survival.
With illustrations by Griffin Finke.
Obj ect Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Preface
1. Environmental Beginnings
2. The Stuff We Are Made Of
3. Life in a Bubble
4. Turning Petroleum into People
5. Running Out of Ink for Human Blueprints
6. Tracing Rachel Carson's Path
7. Regrettable Substitutions
8. From Tobacco to Teflon Babies
9. Yesterday's Fuel Becomes Today's Forgetfulness
10. The High Price of Meat
11. Plastic Hangover
12. Shrapnel in Human Eyes and Bodies
13. Diagnosing Humanity
14. One with the Environment
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
Rezension:
A passionate and encompassing personal assessment of our origins and dependency on the natural world. Rolf Halden offers a dire warning grounded in his career in environmental pollution control: The world's most advanced economies can and should enact more effective policies to protect human health from the hazards of industrial chemistry. Leland H. Hartwell, Nobel Laureate, Director of the Biodesign Pathfinder Center, Arizona State University, USA
