Denny, Mark, 1953-

Making the most of the anthropocene : facing the future / Mark Denny. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Stratigraphy-the Top Layer; 2. Neptune versus Pluto; 3. The Age of Man?; 4. Martha; 5. Industrial Revelations; 6. Moore's Law; 7. Building BRICS; 8. Peppered Moths; 9. Globalization; 10. Smartphones Are (from) Everywhere; 11. The Population Bomb; 12. Manna from Science; 13. Fat Americans; 14. Climatology 101; 15. Greenhouse Effects; 16. Global Warning; 17. 2 C or Not 2 C, That Is the Question; 18. Tipping Points and Tipplers; 19. Climate Change Protocols; 20. Rapa Nui Not; 21. Ozone Whole; 22. The Good; 23. The Bad; 24. Frack Attack; 25. The Ugly 26. Gridlock27. Not Monsters, Incorporated, nor the Four Horsemen; 28. Scottish Philosophy and Nuclear Power; 29. You Suck at Statistics; 30. On the Cusp; 31. Four Fixes; 32. Über Alles; 33. Sherlock Holmes and the Anthropocene Deduction; 34. Ferguson versus Krugman; 35. Nobody Understands Economics; 36. Winners and Losers; 37. The Prisoner's Dilemma; 38. Deforestation; 39. The Peter Principle; 40. Collective Stupidity; 41. ABC but Not D; 42. Where Are You Going, My Little One?; Bibliography; Index.



9781421423012


Human ecology--Philosophy.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Philosophy.


Electronic Books.

GF21 / .M355 2017