Screen LibraryOn Gaia : a critical investigation of the relationship between life and earth /
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 311 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780691121581 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 0691121583 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | QH331 |
| CLC: |
P5 N02 |
| Call Number: | N02/T993 |
| Contents: | Gaia, the grand idea -- Good citizens or selfish genes? -- Life at the edge : lessons from extremophiles -- Temperature paces life -- Icehouse earth -- Given enough time -- Evolutionary innovations and environmental change -- A stable or an unstable world? -- The puzzle of life's long persistence -- Conclusions. |