Recommended by Richard Branson, and 1 others. See all reviews
Ranked #12 in Ecology, Ranked #14 in Environment — see more rankings.
A penetrating, page-turning tour of a post-human Earth
In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us. In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and... more
In The World Without Us, Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us. In this far-reaching narrative, Weisman explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence; which everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock; why some of our earliest buildings might be the last architecture left; and... more
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Rankings by Category
The World Without Us is ranked in the following categories:
- #34 in Climate Change
- #42 in Customs
- #80 in Earth Science
- #27 in Environmental Science
- #32 in Environmental Studies
- #22 in Environmentalism
- #61 in Futurism
- #40 in Global Warming
- #40 in Nature
- #100 in Popular Science
- #36 in Sustainability