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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

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 288
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780465044979
  • Genres
  • science, history, environment, nature, food, evolution, biology, economics
  • Release date
  • 2014