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The medea hypothesis is life on earth ultimately self-destructive?

Title
The medea hypothesis [electronic resource] : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.
Author
Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.

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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
  • Extinction (Biology)
  • Environmental geology
  • Historical geology
  • Life (Biology)
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Catastrophes (Geology)
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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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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