01833nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004300112020001800155040002100173035002100194050002900215082001600244100003200260245011200292260005300404300002500457490002300482504006600505505034500571533015200916650002501068650002701093650002401120650001901144650002401163650002701187655002901214710001701243830006101260856012601321ebr10312598CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||090112s2009    njua    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2008056066  z9780691130750 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z9781400829880  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)43873269614aQE721.2.E97bW375 2009eb04a576.8/42221 aWard, Peter Douglas,d1949-14aThe medea hypothesish[electronic resource] :bis life on earth ultimately self-destructive? /cPeter Ward.  aPrinceton :bPrinceton University Press,cc2009.  axxii, 180 p. :bill.1 aScience essentials  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aExtinction (Biology) 0aEnvironmental geology. 0aHistorical geology. 0aLife (Biology) 0aEvolution (Biology) 0aCatastrophes (Geology) 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aScience essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10312598zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view