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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Time #1 Nonfiction Book* An Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book *A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Salon Book Awards* A Kansas City Star''s Top 100 Book of the Year *A Mother Jones'' Favorite Book*

The 15th Anniversary edition of the worldwide bestseller that answers the ultimate question: what happens to the Earth when human beings disappear? Now with a new afterword from the author.

The World Without Us 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.

In this revelatory account, Alan Weisman explains how our

The World Without Us

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      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 19 April 2022
      ISBN-13 9781250834003
      978-1250834003
      ISBN-10 1250834007
      Also in:
      Human geography Ecological science, the Biosphere Environmental science, engineering and technology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

      A Time #1 Nonfiction Book* An Entertainment Weekly #1 Nonfiction Book *A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Salon Book Awards* A Kansas City Star''s Top 100 Book of the Year *A Mother Jones'' Favorite Book*

      The 15th Anniversary edition of the worldwide bestseller that answers the ultimate question: what happens to the Earth when human beings disappear? Now with a new afterword from the author.

      The World Without Us 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.

      In this revelatory account, Alan Weisman explains how our

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