Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World
Language: English
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024
- Hardcover
- New
Seller: BookOutlet, Jefferson City, TN, U.S.A.BookOutlet
AbeBooks seller since August 28, 1998
Condition: New
£ 4.66
Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Hardcover. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge.
Seller Inventory # 9780374189938B
- Title
- Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World
- Author
- Godfrey-Smith, Peter
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0374189935
- ISBN 13
- 9780374189938
One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024
The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.
If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself is not such a late arrival: It has existed on Earth for something like 3.7 billion years―most of our planet’s history and over a quarter of the age of the universe (as far as we can tell).
What have these organisms―bacteria, animals, plants, and the rest―done in all this time? In Living on Earth, the philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith proposes a new way of understanding how the actions of living beings have shaped our planet. Where his acclaimed books Other Minds and Metazoa explored the riddle of how conscious minds came to exist on Earth, Living on Earth turns to what happens when we look at the mind from another side―when we come to see organisms as active causes, not merely as results of the evolutionary process. The planet we inhabit is significantly the work of other living beings, who shaped the environments that we ourselves later transformed.
To that end, Godfrey-Smith takes us on a grand tour of the history of life on earth. He visits Rwandan gorillas and Australian bowerbirds, returns to coral reefs and octopus dens, considers the impact of language and writing, and weighs the responsibilities our unique powers bring with them, as they relate to factory farming, habitat preservation, climate change, and the use of animals in experiments. Ranging from the seas to the forests, and from animate matter’s first appearance to its future extinction, Godfrey-Smith offers a novel picture of the course of life on Earth and how we might meet the challenges of our time, the Anthropocene.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
BookOutlet
Jefferson City, TN, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since August 28, 1998
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 2.46 | £ 6.05 |
Payment methods
Store description
We're turning the tables on full-priced reads: We're the haven where brand-new books steal the spotlight at 50%+ off list prices, 24/7. And your wallet? Applauding wildly.
Specialty
Coffee Table, Remainders, Novels, Children, Religion, Cook Books, House and Home, Gardening, Biographies, HistorySeller's business information
Book Depot Inc.
67 Front Street North
Thorold, ON Canada L2V 1X3
Terms of sale
All our product is backed by our 110% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee.
Product is shipped next business day from our US or Canadian warehouse to ensure
quick delivery and no cross-border issues.
For more information please send us an email (service@bookoutlet.com)
Thank you for shopping with BookOutlet!
Right of withdrawal
If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to BookOutlet, Jefferson City, Tennessee, U.S.A., +1 1-888-402-7323 0, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.