Voyagers: Our Journey into the Anthropocene
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Voyagers: Our Journey into the Anthropocene
By (Author) Lauren Fuge
Text Publishing
The Text Publishing Company
30th July 2024
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Autobiography: science, technology and medicine
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 154mm, Height 233mm, Spine 25mm
376g
Description
A journey through history and across the planet, Voyagers shows how exploration has led humanity to the brink of destruction-and how it might help us face the challenges of the future. From the beginning, humans have been wanderers. Our feet carried us out of Africa and propelled us to far-flung corners of the world, often through incredible feats of innovation and imagination. These explorations yielded great rewards- land and resources, food and knowledge. But in every landscape we have explored, we have become a force of change. Our appetites have pushed planetary systems to breaking point-yet still we seek new seas to fish, new oil deposits to drill, new forests to fell. Award-winning science writer Lauren Fuge takes the reader on a journey from the dramatic fjords of the Pacific Northwest to the shifting coastlines of Norway, from the ancient geology of outback Australia to the outer reaches of the known universe, and asks- what drives our urge to explore How has it changed our relationship with the planet And, in the face of imminent environmental collapse, can we find in our voyaging history the tools to reimagine our future Voyagers is an electrifying adventure through history, a compelling personal narrative, a hymn to the Earth-and a call to action at a defining moment in human history.
Author Bio
Lauren Fuge is an award-winning science writer. She is currently undertaking a PhD exploring creative forms of climate communication, alongside working as an editor at Cosmos magazine. She won the magazine category of the 2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards, and was also awarded the 2022 UNSW Bragg Prize for Science Writing. Her writing features regularly in the Best Australian Science Writing anthology. Lauren holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts in Creative Writing from Flinders University, and a Bachelor of Science in Experimental and Theoretical Physics from the University of Adelaide.
