Scatter, Adapt, and Remember Free Download By Annalee Newitz
| Title | : | Scatter, Adapt, and Remember |
| Author | : | Annalee Newitz |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 305 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0385535910 |
In its 4.5 billion year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes And we know that another global disaster is eventually headed our way Can we survive it How As a species, Homo sapiens is at a crossroads Study of o In its 4.5 billion year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes And we know that another global disaster is eventually headed our way Can we survive it How As a species, Homo sapiens is at a crossroads Study of our planet s turbulent past suggests that we are overdue for a catastrophic disaster, whether caused by nature or by human interference.It s a frightening prospect, as each of the Earth s past major disasters from meteor strikes to bombardment by cosmic radiation resulted in a mass extinction, where than 75 percent of the planet s species died out But in Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, Annalee Newitz, science journalist and editor of the science Web site io9.com explains that although global disaster is all but inevitable, our chances of long term species survival are better than ever Life on Earth has come close to annihilation humans have, than once, narrowly avoided extinction just during the last million years but every single time a few creatures survived, evolving to adapt to the harshest of conditions This brilliantly speculative work of popular science focuses on humanity s long history of dodging the bullet, as well as on new threats that we may face in years to come Most important, it explores how scientific breakthroughs today will help us avoid disasters tomorrow From simulating tsunamis to studying central Turkey s ancient underground cities from cultivating cyanobacteria for living cities to designing space elevators to make space colonies cost effective from using math to stop pandemics to studying the remarkable survival strategies of gray whales, scientists and researchers the world over are discovering the keys to long term resilience and learning how humans can choose life over death Newitz s remarkable and fascinating journey through the science of mass extinctions is a powerful argument about human ingenuity and our ability to change In a world populated by doomsday preppers and media commentators obsessively forecasting our demise, Scatter, Adapt, and Remember is a compelling voice of hope It leads us away from apocalyptic thinking into a future where we live to build a better world on this planet and perhaps on others Readers of this book will be equipped scientifically, intellectually, and emotionally to face whatever the future holds
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Annalee Newitz is an American journalist who covers the cultural impact of science and technology She received a PhD in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley, and in 1997 published the widely cited book, White Trash Race and Class in America From 2004 2005 she was a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation She writes for many periodicals from Popular Science to Wired, Annalee Newitz is an American journalist who covers the cultural impact of science and technology She received a PhD in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley, and in 1997 published the widely cited book, White Trash Race and Class in America From 2004 2005 she was a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation She writes for many periodicals from Popular Science to Wired, and from 1999 to 2008 wrote a syndicated weekly column called Techsploitation She co founded other magazine in 2002, which was published triannually until 2007 Since 2008, she is editor in chief of io9, a Gawker owned science fiction blog, which was named in 2010 by The Times as one of the top science blogs on the internet 
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