Eugene Linden
Auteur de The Parrot's Lament
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Award winning journalist Eugene Linden is the author of books, articles and essays about science, technology and the environment. He has written a thought provoking, insightful book, "The Future in Plain Sight: Nine Clues to the Coming Instability" (1998). In this book, Linden presents the thesis afficher plus that rapid change is eminent and evident in climate conditions, the spread of infectious disease, volatile economic conditions, loss of biodiversity and other clues. The reader is then projected to 2050 as Linden presents the consequences of this instability. Somewhat of a doomsayer, the author's vision is not a pretty one: lethal plagues, deadly famine, catastrophic storms, economic collapse and more. But in the final analysis, some small hope is offered. "Over the millennia, humanity has proved to be an artful dodger of fate, a defier of limits, a surmounter of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and a master escape artist from traps laid by nature. Only the very brave or fool hardy would assert flatly that our resourceful species has finally exhausted its bag of tricks. Still, it is very late in the game." Other books by Linden include "Apes, Men and Language" (1974), "The Alms Race: the Impact of American Voluntary Aid Abroad" (1976), "Affluence and Discontent: the Anatomy of Consumer Societies" (1979), and "Silent Partners: the Legacy of the Ape Language Experiments" (1986), a New York Times notable book. Linden has been writing for Time magazine since 1987. Some of his award winning cover stories are "Doomed" (1995) exploring endangered tigers, "Megacities" (1993), dealing with overpopulation and "The World's Last Eden" (1992) about rain forest destruction. The author is a frequent guest on radio and television shows from Firing Line to Good Morning America and a contributor to a wide range of periodicals from The Wall Street Journal to National Geographic. . (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Eugene Linden
The Octopus and the Orangutan: More True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity (2002) 159 exemplaires
The Ragged Edge of the World: Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands, and Indigenous Peoples Meet (2011) 53 exemplaires
Fire and Flood: A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present (2022) 41 exemplaires
Unlikely minds: why the octopus has a brain rather than a shell, Fly like a bird?, The answers about climate change,… (2008) 2 exemplaires
Bonobos: Chimpanzees With a Difference 1 exemplaire
Apes and Human: A Curious Kinship 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1947
- Sexe
- male
- Lieux de résidence
- Nyack, New York, USA
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This book traces the current climate crisis through the last four decades of history. For each decade, the author looks closely into four areas - the FACTS of climate change, the SCIENCE of climate change, POPULAR OPINION towards climate change and the sometimes reactionary responses of BUSINESS and GOVERNMENT towards climate change.
By doing this, Linden makes it clear how many chances we have already passed up and how much harder our desire to ignore climate change has made our future.
The book isn't entirely without hope, but it's a very narrow hope.
Ultimately, this book is terrifying and disturbing. It's also important, since climate deniers still exist and companies all over the world are still trying to push forward on fossil fuels even though renewable fuels are just as easy and just as cheap.
I learned a lot from this book, and I recommend it to anyone who lives on this planet and cares about the future.… (plus d'informations)
This book traces the current climate crisis through the last four decades of history. For each decade, the author looks closely into four areas - the FACTS of climate change, the SCIENCE of climate change, POPULAR OPINION towards climate change and the sometimes reactionary responses of BUSINESS and GOVERNMENT towards climate change.
By doing this, Linden makes it clear how many chances we have already passed up and how much harder our desire to ignore climate change has made our future.
The book isn't entirely without hope, but it's a very narrow hope.
Ultimately, this book is terrifying and disturbing. It's also important, since climate deniers still exist and companies all over the world are still trying to push forward on fossil fuels even though renewable fuels are just as easy and just as cheap.
I learned a lot from this book, and I recommend it to anyone who lives on this planet and cares about the future.… (plus d'informations)
Unscientific. Definitely reads in emotion that is not present. It probably would have been ranked higher with me, except that several people in this book have relationships with animals that make me uncomfortable - interacting freely with large cats, dealing with orcas, etc.
Some of the anecdotes and mildly amusing, and some are no doubt puzzling, but the writing is awful. Not sure who he thinks his audience is, but I can't imagine anyone enjoying that writing style.
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This book traces the current climate crisis through the last four decades of history. For each decade, the author looks closely into four areas - the FACTS of climate change, the SCIENCE of climate change, POPULAR OPINION towards climate change and the sometimes reactionary responses of BUSINESS and GOVERNMENT towards climate change.
By doing this, Linden makes it clear how many chances we have already passed up and how much harder our desire to ignore climate change has made our future.
The book isn't entirely without hope, but it's a very narrow hope.
Ultimately, this book is terrifying and disturbing. It's also important, since climate deniers still exist and companies all over the world are still trying to push forward on fossil fuels even though renewable fuels are just as easy and just as cheap.
I learned a lot from this book, and I recommend it to anyone who lives on this planet and cares about the future.… (plus d'informations)