A Natural History of the Future - What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species

A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand and obey its iron laws.

About the author

Rob Dunn is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist, focusing on the biodiversity of humans. He is a professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University and in the Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics at the University of Copenhagen. The author of seven books including Never Home Alone (Basic 2018), he also writes for National Geographic, Natural History, Scientific American, BBC Wildlife, and Seed magazine. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Summary

A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand and obey its iron laws.

Foreword

A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand and obey its iron laws.

Additional text

The ecologist Rob Dunn sketches an arresting vision of this relentless natural world - a world that is in equal measures creative, unguided and extravagant... These laws - though lacking the bedrock status of the laws of physics - can sometimes be nearly as predictive. If we want to know what's coming, then, we would be well advised to familiarize ourselves with them, Dunn argues. To that end, his book functions as a helpful crash course in ecology and, as the title implies, an augur of sorts

Product details

• Authors: Rob Dunn, Dunn Rob
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2022
• EAN: 9781399800129
• ISBN: 978-1-399-80012-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 520 g
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Environmental policy & protocols, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Environmental policy and protocols, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism