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Extinction : evolution and the end of man / Michael Boulter.
Van Pelt Library QE721.2.E97 B68 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boulter, Michael Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extinction (Biology).
- Evolution (Biology).
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 210 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Employing radically new perspectives on the science of life, scientists are beginning to uncover signs of the end of man. According to Michael Boulter, nature is a self-organizing system. If the system is disrupted, it will do what it must to restore balance, and one of its tools is extinction. This book is a thoroughly researched introduction to the new developments in the science of life and a chilling account of the effects that humans have had on the planet. The world will adapt and survive; humanity most probably will not.
- Contents:
- 1 The Past Is Not Over 1
- 2 Extinction 23
- 3 A System out of Chaos 56
- 4 From Dinosaurs to Us 88
- 5 What's in a Name? 125
- 6 A Man-Made Extinction Event 157
- 7 Humans and the Future 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231128363
- OCLC:
- 50684139
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