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The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.
LIBRA QE721.2.E97 W375 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extinction (Biology).
- Environmental geology.
- Historical geology.
- Life (Biology).
- Evolution (Biology).
- Catastrophes (Geology).
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Darwinian life
- What is evolutionary "success"?
- Two hypotheses about the nature of life on earth
- Medean feedbacks and global processes
- Medean events in the history of life
- Humans as medeans
- Biomass through time as a test
- Predicted future trends of biomass
- Summation
- Environmental implications and courses of action
- What must be done.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-172) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691130750
- 0691130752
- OCLC:
- 276340725
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