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Menno Schilthuizen is one of a growing number of "urban ecologists" studying how our manmade environments are accelerating and changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us.
With deep expertise, a winning sense of humor, and art from the beloved creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, the Weinersmiths investigate perhaps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itself--whether and how to become multiplanetary.
Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world people are creating. She meets scientists, engineers, researchers and physicist looking for solutions to preserve and develop solutions.
Will humanity survive? Should we colonize space? Does God exist? These are just a few of the questions Hawking addresses in this wide-ranging, passionately argued final book from one of the greatest minds in history.
As a young biologist, Hanson, watched with some detachment as our warming planet presented species with an ultimatum: change or face extinction. But his detachment turned to both concern and awe, as he observed the remarkable narratives of change playing out in each plant and animal he studied.
Humans have difficulty thinking at the global scale. Yet as we come to understand our planet as a single, interconnected, complex system and encounter compelling evidence of human impact on Earth's climate and biosphere, the need for a truly global effort is increasingly urgent.
A new edition of twentieth-century astronomer Carl Sagan's 1973 work on the science of the solar system, space colonization, and the possible existence of extraterrestrial life
We all had three origins: the origin of our own individual life, the origin of life on Earth, and the origin of our planetary home from a universe that initially had neither stars nor planets. This book tells the stories of these three origins and their evolutionary processes.
Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the 'new' U.S. space program, which has changed considerably over the past 50 years.