Timefulness : how thinking like a geologist can help save the world
Bjornerud, Marcia2020
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Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales of our planet's long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we are creating. The lifespan of Earth can seem unfathomable compared to the brevity of human existence, but this view of time denies our deep roots in Earth's history - and the magnitude of our effects on the planet. 'Timefulness' reveals how knowing the rhythms of Earth's deep past and conceiving of time as a geologist does can give us the perspective we need for a more sustainable future.
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Timefulness : how thinking like a geologist can help save the world / Marcia Bjornerud.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691202631 (pbk)
Dewey class:
304.2'3304.23
Language:
English
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BRN:
3732978
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