The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis: A Biography of an Ingenious Species
A MacArthur “Genius” and eminent scientist shows how an ordinary mammal manipulated nature to become a technologically sophisticated city-dweller — and why our history points to an optimistic future in the face of environmental crisis
- Author
- Ruth DeFries
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780465044979
- Genres
- science, history, environment, nature, food, evolution, biology, economics
- Release date
- 2014
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