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The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.

By: Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.Description: xxii, 180 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780691130750 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8/4 22
LOC classification:
  • QE721.2.E97 W375 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 -- What must be done.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QE721.2 .E97 W375 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001107092

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.

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.

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