Forces of Change: A New View of Nature

Botkin, Daniel B.; Ouammen, David; McPhee, John; Gould, Stephen Jay; Margulis, Lynn and others

ISBN 10: 0792275969 / ISBN 13: 9780792275961

Published by Smithsonian/National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 2000

About this Item

Washington: Smithsonian/National Geographic, 2000. First edition, stated. Folio. Decorative cloth binding, 253 pp. Profusely illustrated. Dust jacket as fold at corner of rear flap, else like new. New in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Forces of Change: A New View of Nature
• Publisher: Smithsonian/National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792275969
• ISBN 13: 9780792275961
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science and Nature

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Synopsis

Forces of Change takes readers on an unforgettable tour of truly global proportions. In this single volume, more than 20 of the world's most innovative and visionary scientists, writers, and scholars -- including Stephen Jay Gould, John McPhee, Lynn Margulis, Daniel Botkin, and David Quammen -- illuminate the forces that define and continue to profoundly transform our planet and all of its inhabitants. Taken together, these essays represent a dramatic range of new views and understandings about nature that have emerged over the last century. Developed by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Geographic Society, Forces of Change brings together for the first time the matchless resources of two world-renowned institutions in order to present a bold new vision of the world, which stresses the diversity, interrelatedness, and interdependence of all natural phenomena. In this vision the Earth can be viewed as a grand network of life-supporting forces operating within a single dynamic system. Powerfully punctuated by epic photographs, eloquent illustrations, and a wonderfully dynamic design, Forces of Change is at once highly accessible and deeply thought-provoking. Full of sidebars that lucidly unpack the latest field research, the essays take readers around the world -- from the peaks of the Himalaya to the mysterious depths of the sea, and from the Ladakh cultures of northern India to the A'ani and Assiniboine tribes of Montana. Published in conjunction with a new permanent exhibit program at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Forces of Change is a timely and vitally important consideration of science and fate at the dawn of the 21st century.