The anthropocene reviewed : essays on a human-centered planet /
"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet-from the Q...
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[New York, New York] :
Random House Large Print,
2021
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| Edition: | First large print edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- "You'll never walk alone"
- Humanity's temporal range
- Halley's comet
- Our capacity for wonder
- Lascaux cave paintings
- Scratch 'n' sniff stickers
- Diet Dr. Pepper
- Velociraptors
- Canada geese
- Teddy bears
- The hall of presidents
- Air-conditioning
- Staphylococcus aureus
- The Internet
- Academic decathlon
- Sunsets
- Jerzy Dudek's performance on May 25, 2005
- Penguins of Madagascar
- Piggly Wiggly
- The Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest
- CNN
- Harvey
- The yips
- Auld Lang Syne
- Googling strangers
- Indianapolis
- Kentucky bluegrass
- The Indianapolis 500
- Monopoly
- Super Mario Kart
- Bonneville Salt Flats
- Hiroyuki Doi's circle drawings
- Whispering
- Viral meningitis
- Plague
- Wintry mix
- The hot dogs of Baejarins Beztu Pylsur
- The notes app
- The Mountain Goats
- The QWERTY keyboard
- The world's largest ball of paint
- Sycamore trees
- "New partner"
- Three farmers on their way to a dance.