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008 090112s2009 nju b 001 0 eng
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020 _a9780691130750 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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_cDLC
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_bW375 2009
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100 1 _aWard, Peter Douglas,
_d1949-
245 1 4 _aThe medea hypothesis :
_bis life on earth ultimately self-destructive? /
_cPeter Ward.
260 _aPrinceton :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_cc2009.
300 _axxii, 180 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.
505 0 _aDarwinian 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.
650 0 _aExtinction (Biology)
650 0 _aEnvironmental geology.
650 0 _aHistorical geology.
650 0 _aLife (Biology)
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 _aCatastrophes (Geology)
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