Charles Wohlforth: 3 books
The Fate of Nature
Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
"What capacity for good lies in the hidden depths of people?"
Starting with this question, award-winning author Charles Wohlforth sets forth on a wide-ranging exploration of our relationship with the world. In The Fate of Nature, he draws on science, spirituality, history, economics,...
The Whale and the Supercomputer
On the Northern Front of Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2005
In The Whale and the Supercomputer, scientists and natives wrestle with our changing climate in the land where it has hit first--and hardest
A traditional Eskimo whale-hunting party races to shore near Barrow, Alaska--their comrades trapped on a floe drifting out to sea--as ice that should...
Beyond Earth
Our Path to a New Home in the Planets
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable.
We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly...