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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

What is the environment, this elusive object that impacts us so profoundly--our odds to be born; the way we look, feel, and function; and how long and comfortable we may live? The environment is not only everything we see around us but also, at a lesser scale, a hailstorm of molecules large and small that constantly penetrates our bodies, simultaneously nourishing and threatening our health. The concept of oneness with our surroundings urges a reckoning of what we are doing to 'the environment,' and consequently, what we are doing to ourselves.

By taking us through this journey of questioning, Rolf Halden's Environment empowers readers with new knowledge and a heightened appreciation of how our daily lifestyle decisions are impacting the places we occupy, our health, and humanity's prospect of survival.

With illustrations by Griffin Finke.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.


Contents:

Preface
1. Environmental Beginnings
2. The Stuff We Are Made Of
3. Life in a Bubble
4. Turning Petroleum into People
5. Running Out of Ink for Human Blueprints
6. Tracing Rachel Carson's Path
7. Regrettable Substitutions
8. From Tobacco to Teflon Babies
9. Yesterday's Fuel Becomes Today's Forgetfulness
10. The High Price of Meat
11. Plastic Hangover
12. Shrapnel in Human Eyes and Bodies
13. Diagnosing Humanity
14. One with the Environment
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index


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ISBN-13: 9781501361906
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Publication date: April, 2020
Pages: 192
Weight: 172g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Public Health

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