The Anthropocene reviewed : essays on a human-centered planet / by John Green.

"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 QWERTY...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Essays. Selections
Main Author: Green, John, 1977- (Author)
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2021]
Subjects:
Culture > Miscellanea > Reviews.
Science > Miscellanea > Reviews.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Culture.
Science.
Essays.
Reviews.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Genre:
Miscellanea
Reviews.
Essays.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Physical Description:293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "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 Bæjarins 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
  • Postscript.