{"product_id":"natures-genius-evolutions-lessons-for-a-changing-planet-9781837260539","title":"Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the remarkable and mind-expanding story of how we shape the lives of animals and plants - and how they shape us \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- by professor David Farrier\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor nearly four billion years, life on Earth has found new ways to adapt, reproduce and thrive, taking on new forms to meet the environment of the moment. Human impact on the planet, and the potentially devastating threat of climate change, have stressed that adaptability as never before. Yet life still finds a way. Animals, plants and insects rise to the challenge and are still adapting, reproducing and thriving, even in our rapidly transforming environment. In their example we may just find ways that we too can adapt, ways to stop the destruction we're causing to the planet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNature's Genius\u003c\/i\u003e David Farrier takes us on a profound journey into this ever-changing natural world. What we discover could change us. The ways animals adjust to the urban landscape can help us design sustainable cities. Examining other intelligences can help us remake our economies. Learning from bacterial evolution may help solve our waste problem. Synthetic biology could rescue animals from the brink of extinction. Thinking in timescales of the natural world could help us choose a better future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs life on Earth changes, the question is can we change too? Can we remake the world to be fit for all life to thrive once more?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Farrier \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Literature and the Environment at the University of Edinburgh. David's first book, \u003ci\u003eFootprints: In Search of Future Fossils\u003c\/i\u003e, looked at the marks we are leaving on the planet and how these might appear in the fossil record in the deep future. It was named by both \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003eas a book of the year, earned praise from Robert Macfarlane and Margaret Atwood, and has been translated into ten other languages. He has had pieces published in the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBBC Future\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmergence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e and Washington Post. He has spoken at numerous online events, has given an invited lecture at the Royal Geographical Society, and has appeared on radio and podcasts such as \u003ci\u003eBBC Free Thinking \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLittle Atoms\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e@David_Farrier\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359157125394,"sku":"9781837260539","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25826a43-a43d-49f8-8e8b-acc6ec1e36a9.jpg?v=1749582990","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/natures-genius-evolutions-lessons-for-a-changing-planet-9781837260539","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}