The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? / Peter Ward.
Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.Description: xxii, 180 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780691130750 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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- QE721.2.E97 W375 2009
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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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