Adventures in the Anthropocene

Informationen zum Autor Gaia Vince is a journalist and broadcaster specialising in science, the environment, and social issues. She was awarded the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, becoming the first solo female winner in the Prize’s history. She has been an editor at Nature Climate Change, Nature and New Scientist. Her work has appeared in the Guardian , The Times, Science, Scientific American, the American Scholar, International New York Times, BBC online Australian Geographic and the Australian. She also devises and presents science documentaries for radio and television. She blogs at WanderingGaia.com and tweets at @WanderingGaia. Klappentext Gaia Vince is a journalist and broadcaster specialising in science, the environment, and social issues. She was awarded the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, becoming the first solo female winner in the Prize¿s history. She has been an editor at Nature Climate Change, Nature and New Scientist. Her work has appeared in the Guardian , The Times, Science, Scientific American, the American Scholar, International New York Times, BBC online Australian Geographic and the Australian. She also devises and presents science documentaries for radio and television. She blogs at WanderingGaia.com and tweets at @WanderingGaia. Zusammenfassung From artificial glaciers in the Himalayas to painted mountains in Peru, electrified reefs in the Maldives to garbage islands in the Caribbean, the author found people doing the most extraordinary things to solve the problems that we ourselves have created.

Product details

• Authors: Vince Gaia, Gaia Vince, Vince Gaia
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780099572497
• ISBN: 978-0-09-957249-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General, NATURE / Regional, Geographical discovery & exploration, Social impact of environmental issues, Science / Environmental Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Geographical discovery and exploration, Human Geography