by Tim Flannery · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141026930
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«The Eternal Frontier», by Tim Flannery, is the essay on North American ecological history, published by Penguin in paperback (432 pages, in English).
It covers 65 million years of North American history: from the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs to the present day, and examines the evolution of its landscapes, climate and fauna, as well as the way humans adapted to that changing environment.
The work was originally published in 2001; this edition appeared on 3 May 2007.
For those who enjoy popular science, natural history and essays on North American ecology.
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist, and public scientist. He is especially known for his 1994 book The Future Eaters, on the natural history of Australia, which was adapted for television in 2006, and his 2006 book The Weather Makers, about the effects of climate change in Australia.
