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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.
ISBN
9780691130750 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781400829880
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xxii, 180 p. : ill.
Local Notes
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 01, 2015
Series
Science essentials
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.
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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