艾倫·韋斯曼，屢獲殊榮的新聞記者，他的報道在《哈珀斯》、《紐約時報雜誌》、《大西洋月刊》、《發現》和美國國傢公共電颱等地方發錶或播報。他曾是《洛杉磯時報雜誌》的特約編輯，現在新聞從業者團體Homelantls Productionsrp擔任資深齣品人，並在亞利桑那大學教授國際新聞學課程。《沒有我們的世界》是他對一篇文稿《沒有人類的地球》（發錶於2005 年《發現》雜誌）的擴充，被評選為“2006年度美國最佳科學寫作”。

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