- Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 180 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Science essentials
- Uniform Title
- Medea hypothesis (Online)
- Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
- Alternative Title
- Medea hypothesis (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2008056066
- OCLC
- ssj0000200208
- Author
Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-
- Title
The medea hypothesis [electronic resource] : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.
- Imprint
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
- Series
Science essentials
Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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