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Author Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-

Title The medea hypothesis [electronic resource] : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.

Imprint Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.

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Description xxii, 180 p. : ill.
Series Science essentials
Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.
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 -- What must be done.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Extinction (Biology)
Environmental geology.
Historical geology.
Life (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)
Catastrophes (Geology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780691130750 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781400829880

 
    
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