The Resource The world without us, Alan Weisman, (sound recording)
The world without us, Alan Weisman, (sound recording)
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The item The world without us, Alan Weisman, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The world without us, Alan Weisman, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Discover the impact of the human footprint in The world without us. Take us off the Earth and what traces of us would linger? And which would disappear? Alan Weisman writes about which objects from today would vanish without us; how our pipes, wires, and cables would be pulverized into an unusual (but mere) line of red rock; why some museums and churches might be the last human creations standing; how rats and roaches would struggle without us; and how plastic, cast-iron, and radio waves may be our most lasting gifts to the planet. But The world without us is also about how parts of our world currently fare without a human presence (Chernobyl; a Polish old-growth forest, the Korean DMZ) and it looks at the human legacy on Earth, both fleeting and indelible. It's narrative nonfiction at its finest, taking an irresistible concept with gravity and a highly readable touch
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 10 sound discs (12 hr.)
- Isbn
- 9781427201485
- Label
- The world without us
- Title
- The world without us
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Weisman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Discover the impact of the human footprint in The world without us. Take us off the Earth and what traces of us would linger? And which would disappear? Alan Weisman writes about which objects from today would vanish without us; how our pipes, wires, and cables would be pulverized into an unusual (but mere) line of red rock; why some museums and churches might be the last human creations standing; how rats and roaches would struggle without us; and how plastic, cast-iron, and radio waves may be our most lasting gifts to the planet. But The world without us is also about how parts of our world currently fare without a human presence (Chernobyl; a Polish old-growth forest, the Korean DMZ) and it looks at the human legacy on Earth, both fleeting and indelible. It's narrative nonfiction at its finest, taking an irresistible concept with gravity and a highly readable touch
- Summary
- A study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed examines our legacy for the planet, from the objects that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10278813
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Weisman, Alan
- Dewey number
- 304.2
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- GF75
- LC item number
- .W455 2007ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- PerformerNote
- Read by Adam Grupper
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Grupper, Adam
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nature
- Material culture
- Human-plant relationships
- Human-animal relationships
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The world without us, Alan Weisman, (sound recording)
- Capture and storage technique
- analog electrical storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 10 sound discs (12 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781427201485
- Note
-
- Audiobook.
- Unabridged.
- Other physical details
- digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OUa)vtls000684287
- (OCoLC)ocn148726143
- ocn1ocm51064008
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The world without us, Alan Weisman, (sound recording)
- Capture and storage technique
- analog electrical storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Extent
- 10 sound discs (12 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781427201485
- Note
-
- Audiobook.
- Unabridged.
- Other physical details
- digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
-
- (OUa)vtls000684287
- (OCoLC)ocn148726143
- ocn1ocm51064008
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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