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1、"Thisisoneofthegrandestthoughtexperimentsofourtime,atremendousfeatofimaginativereporting!"•BillMcKibben,authorofDeepEconomyandTheEndofNature•É...ATHEWORLDALANWEISMANISBNO-3H-34729-4$24.95Apenetrating,page-turningtourofapost-humanEarthNTHEWORLDWITHOUTUS,A
2、lanWeismanoffersanutterlyoriginalIapproachtoquestionsofhumanity'simpactontheplanet:heasksustoenvisionourEarthwithoutus.Inthisfar-reachingnarrative,Weismanexplainshowourmassiveinfrastructurewouldcollapseandfinallyvanishwithouthumanpresence;whicheverydayit
3、emsmaybecomeimmortalizedasfossils;howcopperpipesandwiringwouldbecrushedintomereseamsofreddishrock;whysomeofourearliestbuildingsmightbethelastarchitectureleft;andhowplastic,bronzesculpture,radiowaves,andsomeman-mademoleculesmaybeourmostlastinggiftstotheun
4、iverse.TheWorldWithoutUsrevealshow,justdaysafterhumansdisappear,floodsinNewYork'ssubwayswouldstarterodingthecity'sfoundations,andhow,astheworld'scitiescrumble,asphaltjungleswouldgivewaytorealones.Itdescribesthedistinctwaysthatorganicandchemicallytreatedf
5、armswouldreverttowild,howbillionsmorebirdswouldflourish,andhowcockroachesinunheatedcitieswouldperishwithoutus.Drawingontheexpertiseofengineers,atmosphericscientists,artconservators,zoologists,oilrefiners,marinebiologists,astrophysicists,religiousleadersf
6、romrabbistotheDalaiLama,andpaleontologists—whodescribeaprehumanworldinhabitedbymegafaunalikegiantslothsthatstoodtallerthanmammoths—Weismanillustrateswhattheplanetmightbeliketoday,ifnotforus.Fromplacesalreadydevoidofhumans(alastfragmentofprimevalEuropeanf
7、orest;theKoreanDMZ;Chernobyl),WeismanrevealsEarth'stremendouscapacityforself-healing.(continuedonbackflap)(continuedfromfrontflap)Asheshowswhichhumandevastationsareindelible,andwhichexamplesofourhighestartandculturewouldendurelongest,Weisman'snarrativeul
8、timatelydrivestowardaradicalbutpersuasivesolutionthatneedn'tdependonourdemise.Itisnarrativenonfictionatitsfinest,andinposinganirresistibleconceptwithbothgravityandahighlyreadabletouch,itlooksdeeplyatoureffectsontheplanetin
