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The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction

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內容簡介 人類興衰史警醒我們如何避免滅絕的未來2022 年皇家學會科學圖書獎得主 亨利．吉伊（Henry Gee）帶來一場驚心動魄、發人深省的人類興衰史。人類帝國的衰落在過去一萬多年來首次，全球人口增長率正放緩。預計本世紀下半葉，全球人口將開始下降；而在一萬年後，人類極有可能走向滅絕。在《人類帝國的衰落》(暫譯)中，吉伊帶領我們回到舊石器時代，追溯人類從眾多智人之一躍升為地球上最具統治力物種的歷程。然而，快速的氣候變遷、全球經濟停滯、出生率下降，以及無法解釋的人類精子數量下滑，正聯手削弱我們物種的長遠存續。或許仍有一線生機，但留給我們的時間窗口正快速縮小……憑藉最新的科學研究，吉伊以一貫的溫暖與機智，講述人類這段非凡故事，並提出我們這個異常卓越的物種可能如何避免悲劇命運的思考。Brilliant' – The Times'Hugely informative and entertaining' – New Scientist'Put this at the head of your reading lists immediately' – Eric IdleFrom the winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize, a thrilling and thought-provoking account of the rise and fall of humankind.For the first time in over ten millennia, the rate of human population growth is slowing down. The global population is forecast to begin declining in the second half of this century, and in 10,000 years’ time our species will likely be extinct.In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, Henry Gee shows how we arrived at this crucial moment in history, beginning his story deep in the palaeolithic past and charting our dramatic rise from one species of human among many to the most dominant animal to ever live on Earth.But rapid climate change, a stagnating global economy, falling birth rates and an unexplainable decline in average human sperm count are combining to make our chances for longevity increasingly slim. There could be a way forward, but the launch window is narrow . . .Drawing on a dazzling array of the latest scientific research, Gee tells the extraordinary story of humanity with characteristic warmth and wit, and suggests how our exceptional species might avoid its tragic fate.'Like Jared Diamond meets Arthur C. Clarke with a dash of Douglas Adams' – Philip Ball, author of How Life Works

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作者介紹 Henry GeeHenry Gee is a senior editor at Nature and the author of several books, including The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, Jacob’s Ladder, In Search of Deep Time, The Science of Middle-Earth, The Accidental Species, and A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth, which won the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize. He has appeared on BBC television and radio and NPR’s All Things Considered, and has written for The Guardian, The Times, and BBC Science Focus. He lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets.

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最佳賣點 : From the winner of the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize, a thrilling and thought-provoking account of the rise and fall of humankind.

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