Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:David SepkoskiSeries:Science.CulturePublish date:2023-12-06Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226829524ISBN-10:226829529UPC:9780226829524Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:History, Life Sciences, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionBook Topic:EvolutionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCN2CXZKN7
Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene
A history of scientific ideas about extinction that explains why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to "think catastrophically" about extinction. We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded-by scientists, by the media, by popular culture-of the looming threat of mass extinction. We're told that human activity is currently producing a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226829524ISBN-10:226829529UPC:9780226829524Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:History, Life Sciences, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionBook Topic:EvolutionSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCN2CXZKN7
David Sepkoski is the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in the History of Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of several books, most recently Rereading the Fossil Record: The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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