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049 _aBAUN_MERKEZ
050 0 4 _aQE721.2.E97
_bB68 2002
100 1 _aBoulter, Michael Charles
_992248
_eaut
245 1 0 _aExtinction evolution and the and of man
_cMichael Boulter.
264 _aNew York:
_bPerfectBound,
_c2002.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 210 pages) :
_billustrations, maps
336 _2rdacontent
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337 _2rdamedia
_acomputer
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338 _2rdacarrier
_aonline resource
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505 0 0 _t1. The past is not over
_t-- 2. Extinction
_t-- 3. A system out of chaos
_t-- 4. From dinosaurs to us
_t-- 5. What's in a name?
_t-- 6. A man-made extinction event
_t-- 7. Humans and the future.
520 _a"Sixty-five million years ago the dinosaurs were destroyed in a mass extinction that remains unexplained. Out of that devastation, new life developed and the world regained its equilibrium. Until now. Employing radically new perspectives on the science of life, scientists are beginning to uncover signs of a similar event on the horizon: the end of man. In telling the story of the last sixty-five million years, Michael Boulter reveals extraordinary new insights that scientists are only now beginning to understand about the fossil record, the rise and fall of species, and the nature of life. According to Boulter, nature is a self-organizing system in which the whole is more important than its parts. The system is self-correcting, and one of its tools is extinction. If the system is disrupted, it will do what it must to restore balance. This book is a thoroughly researched introduction to the new developments in the science of life and a chilling account of the effects that humans have had on the planet. The world will adapt and survive; humanity most probably will not."--Publisher's description.
650 0 _aExtinction (Biology)
_935810
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
_92274
650 0 _aNature
_97346
_xEffect of human beings on
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