The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on EarthThe book that launched a movement: “Wilson speaks with a humane eloquence which calls to us all” (Oliver Sacks). |
Contents
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What Is Nature? | 15 |
Why Care? | 26 |
Alien Invaders from Planet Earth | 37 |
Two Magnificent Animals | 55 |
Wild Nature and Human Nature | 62 |
The Pauperization of Earth | 73 |
Denial and Its Risks | 82 |
End Game | 91 |
What Science Has Learned | 101 |
IV | 125 |
V | 163 |
References and Notes | 169 |
Decline and Redemption | 71 |
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