{"product_id":"the-world-without-us-9781250834003","title":"The World Without Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReissued 15 years later with a new afterword from the author, this worldwide bestseller answers the ultimate question: what happens to the Earth when human beings disappear?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Without Us\u003c\/i\u003e is a penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dalai Lama, and paleontologists, Alan Weisman deftly illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this revelatory account, Alan Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and how plastic, bronze sculpture, and radio waves may be our most lasting gifts to the universe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he shows which human devastations are indelible, and which examples of our highest art and culture would endure longest, Weisman draws on every field of science to present an environmental assessment like no other. This is narrative nonfiction at its finest--one of the most affecting portraits yet of humankind's place on this planet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250834003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448","brand":"Alan Weisman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41635504554165,"sku":"9781250834003","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_464207dd-c8b0-4595-9fab-8d02ab45a3aa.jpg?v=1645501969","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-world-without-us-9781250834003","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}