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020 _z9780691130750 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)438732696
050 1 4 _aQE721.2.E97
_bW375 2009eb
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100 1 _aWard, Peter Douglas,
_d1949-
245 1 4 _aThe medea hypothesis
_h[electronic resource] :
_bis life on earth ultimately self-destructive? /
_cPeter Ward.
260 _aPrinceton :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_cc2009.
300 _axxii, 180 p. :
_bill.
490 1 _aScience essentials
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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aExtinction (Biology)
650 0 _aEnvironmental geology.
650 0 _aHistorical geology.
650 0 _aLife (Biology)
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 _aCatastrophes (Geology)
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
830 0 _aScience essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10312598
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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_cEBK
999 _c150076
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