Voyagers

Our Journey into the Anthropocene

Lauren Fuge

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30 July 2024

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science

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, we have been wanderers. Our explorations have rewarded us with land, resources, food and knowledge, but have also pushed planetary systems to breaking point-and still we seek new seas to fish, oil deposits to drill, forests to fell.

Award-winning science writer Lauren Fuge journeys from the fjords of the Pacific Northwest to the geology of outback Australia to the edges of the known universe, and asks- what drives our urge to explore? Can we find in our voyaging history the tools to reimagine our future?

Voyagers is an electrifying adventure, a compelling personal narrative, a hymn to the Earth-and a call to action.

PRAISE

'A beautiful, important book, charged with the questing rigour of science and the poetic hauntings of a restless spirit.' KIM MAHOOD

'Moving effortlessly from the immensity of planetary time to profoundly human questions about love and hope, Voyagers is a remarkable achievement.' JAMES BRADLEY

'Brilliant. This book holds questions that must be addressed as matters of physical urgency. Please read it. And please take up fighting for those questions as you can.' ASHLEY HAY

By: Lauren Fuge
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9781922790774
ISBN 10: 192279077X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 30 July 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Lauren Fuge is an award-winning science writer who is currently undertaking a PhD exploring creative forms of climate communication. She won the magazine category of the 2023 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards and the 2022 UNSW Bragg Prize for Science Writing. Her writing features regularly in the Best Australian Science Writing anthology. Fuge holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts in Creative Writing and a Bachelor of Science in Experimental and Theoretical Physics.

Reviews for Voyagers: Our Journey into the Anthropocene

‘A beautiful, important book, charged with the questing rigour of science and the poetic hauntings of a restless spirit.’ * Kim Mahood * ‘Moving effortlessly from the immensity of planetary time to profoundly human questions about love and hope, Voyagers is a remarkable achievement.’ * James Bradley * ‘Brilliant. This book asks questions that must be addressed as matters of urgency. Please read it.’ * Ashley Hay *