Here on earth a natural history of the planet
section 1: Mother Nature or monster earth? Evolution's motive force ; Of genes, mnemes and destruction ; Evolution's legacy ; A fresh look at earth ; The commonwealth of virtuesection 2: A turbulent youth. Man the disrupter ; New worlds ; Biophilia -- section 3: Ever since agriculture. Sup...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Atlantic Monthly Press
2010
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Historical geology
> Life
> Origin
> Evolution (Biology)
> Biosphere
> Earth (Planet)
> History
> Erde
> Biosphäre
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | section 1: Mother Nature or monster earth? Evolution's motive force ; Of genes, mnemes and destruction ; Evolution's legacy ; A fresh look at earth ; The commonwealth of virtuesection 2: A turbulent youth. Man the disrupter ; New worlds ; Biophilia -- section 3: Ever since agriculture. Superorganisms ; Superorganismic glue ; Ascent of the ultimate superorganism -- section 4: Toxic climax? War against nature ; Gaia-killers ; The eleventh hour? ; Undoing the work of ages -- section 5: Our present state. The stars of heaven ; Discounting the future ; Greed and the market ; Of war and inequality ; A new tool kit ; Governance ; Restoring the life-force -- section 6: An intelligent earth? What lies on the other side? section 1: Mother Nature or monster earth? Evolution's motive force ; Of genes, mnemes and destruction ; Evolution's legacy ; A fresh look at earth ; The commonwealth of virtue -- section 2: A turbulent youth. Man the disrupter ; New worlds ; Biophilia -- section 3: Ever since agriculture. Superorganisms ; Superorganismic glue ; Ascent of the ultimate superorganism -- section 4: Toxic climax? War against nature ; Gaia-killers ; The eleventh hour? ; Undoing the work of ages -- section 5: Our present state. The stars of heaven ; Discounting the future ; Greed and the market ; Of war and inequality ; A new tool kit ; Governance ; Restoring the life-force -- section 6: An intelligent earth? What lies on the other side? An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-298) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XVIII, 316 S., [4] Bl. Ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 080211976X 0-8021-1976-X 9780802119766 978-0-8021-1976-6 |