The World Without Us

Alan Weisman is a journalist and the author of numerous books. His writing has won several major awards and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and the Los Angeles Times Magazine.

出版者:Virgin Books

作者:Alan Weisman

页数:336

出版时间:2008-4-3

价格:GBP 9.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780753513576

图书标签:environmentalism

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How would the world change if human beings vanished from the earth right now, for good? What would the planet be like in a day, a week, a month...a millennium? Just how long will our greatest achievements and our biggest mistakes last after we are gone? To discover the answers, Alan Weisman looks to areas of the world that are currently unoccupied and speaks to experts in fields ranging from nuclear physics to archaeology. He reveals how the natural world would react to our disappearance and wrestles with some of the key concerns of our time to offer an intriguing glimpse of the real legacy of our existence on the planet. 'Compelling...jammed packed with fascinating 'what if's" - "Guardian". 'The results of this huge thought-experiment are both fascinating and surprising' - "Daily Mail". 'Flesh-creepingly good fun...an expert-led fantasia of the post-human planet' - "Independent". 'A wonderful idea...This is a terrific book' - "Scotsman".

读后感

忍不住从编辑的角度说几句话，这个是职业病，不要见怪。 这本书在美国是畅销书，它也确实具有畅销书的潜质。环保话题是热点，此书的角度新颖，引导人们去设想一个人类消失后的世界，进而阐明人类活动对于地球的影响。 不过，仅仅如此吗？ 人类灭亡是一个最引人思考的命题。...  

译文比较考究，感觉像散文一样。但是对我来说，却没有足够的信息量。 既然自己读不下去，怎么还给打4星啊？原因是，相信还是有很多人会喜欢这本书的。  

人类已经在周边世界的山坡上筑起了太多的大坝，一层层、一级级，令人不安的是，大多数人都没有意识到这有多么危险。我们似乎从来没想过那些坚固无比的大坝也有决堤的一天，更没想过如果决堤的大坝引起连锁反应，整个人类文明是否能再找到自己的方舟。我所说的“大坝”，并不是...  

忍不住从编辑的角度说几句话，这个是职业病，不要见怪。 这本书在美国是畅销书，它也确实具有畅销书的潜质。环保话题是热点，此书的角度新颖，引导人们去设想一个人类消失后的世界，进而阐明人类活动对于地球的影响。 不过，仅仅如此吗？ 人类灭亡是一个最引人思考的命题。...