相關商品
商品簡介
商品簡介
While examining the history of our planet andactively exploring our present environment, science journalist Michael Tennesendescribes what life on earth could look like after the next mass extinction.A growing number of scientists agree we are headedtoward a mass extinction, perhaps in as little as three hundred years. There have already been five in the last 600 million years, includingthe Cretaceous extinction, during which an asteroid knocked out the dinosaurs.Though these events were initially destructive, they were also prime movers ofevolutionary change in nature. And we can see some of the warning signs ofanother extinction event coming as our oceans lose both fish and oxygen. In The Next Species, Michael Tennesenquestions what life might be like after it happens.Tennesen discusses the future of nature and whetherhumans will make it through the bottleneck of extinction. Without man, could theseas regenerate, returning to what they were before fishing vessels? Could life suddenlyget very big as it did before the arrival of humans? And what if man survivesthe coming catastrophes but in reduced populations? Would those groups beisolated enough to become distinct species? Could the conquest of Mars lead toanother form of human? Could we upload our minds into a computer and live in avirtual reality? Or could genetic engineering create a more intelligent andlong-lived creature that might shun the rest of us? And how would we recognizethe next humans? Are they with us now?Tennesen delves into the history of the planet andtravels to rain forests, canyons, craters, and caves all over the world toexplore the potential winners and losers of the next era of evolution. Hispredictions, based on reports and interviews with top scientists, have vitalimplications for life on earth today.
您曾經瀏覽過的商品
購物須知
外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。