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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.Description: xxii, 180 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781400829880 (electronic bk.)
  • 1400829887 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 576.8/4 22
LOC classification:
  • QE721.2.E97 W375 2009eb
Online resources:
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 and courses of action -- What must be done.
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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 and courses of action -- What must be done.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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