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On Gaia : a critical investigation of the relationship between life and earth

Title
On Gaia : a critical investigation of the relationship between life and earth / Toby Tyrrell.
Author
Tyrrell, Toby, 1965-
Publication
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]

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Description
x, 311 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Gaia hypothesis
  • Philosophy of nature
  • Geobiology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Gaia, the grand idea -- Good citizens or selfish genes? -- Life at the edge : lessons from extremophiles -- Temperature paces life -- Icehouse earth -- Given enough time -- Evolutionary innovations and environmental change -- A stable or an unstable world? -- The puzzle of life's long persistence -- Conclusions.
Call Number
JFE 14-7017
ISBN
  • 9780691121581 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0691121583 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2013005823
  • 40022551633
OCLC
820118860
Author
Tyrrell, Toby, 1965-
Title
On Gaia : a critical investigation of the relationship between life and earth / Toby Tyrrell.
Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40022551633
Research Call Number
JFE 14-7017
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