xx, 522 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-502) and index.
Contents
Listening to the planets -- Can a planet be alive? -- Monkey with the world -- Planetary changes of the fourth kind -- Terra sapiens -- Intelligent worlds in the universe -- Finding our voice -- Embracing the human planet.
Summary
"A NASA astrobiologist outlines optimistic messages about humanity's future in the face of climate change, explaining how the human role in managing the planet's evolution is determining the course of life,"--NoveList.