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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Gardners Books
Publication date July 5, 2007
Pages 288
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780753512395
ISBN-10 0753512394
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $21.60
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Discover the impact of the human footprint in The World Without Us. Take us off the Earth and what traces of us would linger? And which would disappear? Alan Weisman writes about which objects from today would vanish without us; how our pipes, wires, and cables would be pulverized into an unusual (but mere) line of red rock; why some museums and churches might be the last human creations standing; how rats and roaches would struggle without us; and how plastic, cast-iron, and radio waves may be our most lasting gifts to the planet.
            But The World Without Us is also about how parts of our world currently fare without a human presence (Chernobyl; a Polish old-growth forest, the Korean DMZ) and it looks at the human legacy on Earth, both fleeting and indelible. It's narrative nonfiction at its finest, taking an irresistible concept with gravity and a highly-readable touch.
            Some examples of what would happen:
·   One year: Several more billions birds will live when airplane warning lights cease blinking.
·   Twenty years: The water-soaked steel columns that support the street above New York's East Side would corrode and buckle. As Lexington Avenue caves in, it becomes a river.
·   100,000 years: CO2 will be back to pre-human levels (or it might take longer).
·   Forever: Our radio waves, fragmented as they may be, will still be going out.


Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780312347291
 
from Thomas Dunne Books (July 10, 2007); titled "The World Without Us"
9780312347291 | details & prices | 304 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed examines our legacy for the planet, from the objects that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780312377885 Book cover for 9780312427900 Book cover for 9780753512395
 
Reprint edition from Picador USA (August 5, 2008); titled "The World Without Us"
9780312427900 | details & prices | 416 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.74 lbs | List price $18.00
The price comparison is for this edition
from Gardners Books (July 5, 2007); titled "The World Without Us"
9780753512395 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $21.60
About: Discover the impact of the human footprint in The World Without Us.
from St Martins Pr (July 1, 2007)
9780312377885 | details & prices | List price $16.00
Miscellaneous
Book cover for 9781429917216
 
from Thomas Dunne Books (July 10, 2007); titled "The World Without Us"
9781429917216 | details & prices | 336 pages | List price $9.99
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781427201485
 
With Adam Grupper (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from St Martins Pr (July 10, 2007); titled "The World Without Us"
9781427201485 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $39.95
About: A study of what would happen to Earth if the human presence was removed examines our legacy for the planet, from the objects that would vanish without human intervention to those that would become long-lasting remnants of humankind.
Prebinding
Book cover for 9781439560242
 
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 8, 2008); titled "The World Without Us"
9781439560242 | details & prices | 416 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.88 lbs | List price $24.00

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