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The medea hypothesis : is life on earth ultimately self-destructive? /
In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere--one that has frightening implications for our future, yet also offers hope. Using the latest discoveries from the geological record...
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Princeton University Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
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