艾伦·韦斯曼，屡获殊荣的新闻记者，他的报道在《哈珀斯》、《纽约时报杂志》、《大西洋月刊》、《发现》和美国国家公共电台等地方发表或播报。他曾是《洛杉矶时报杂志》的特约编辑，现在新闻从业者团体Homelantls Productionsrp担任资深出品人，并在亚利桑那大学教授国际新闻学课程。《没有我们的世界》是他对一篇文稿《没有人类的地球》（发表于2005 年《发现》杂志）的扩充，被评选为“2006年度美国最佳科学写作”。

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