Catastrophic thinking : extinction and the value of diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene /: extinction and the value of diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Sepkoski.
• Authors: Sepkoski, David, 1972-
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-1' class='sequence-2'>Introduction: Why Extinction Matters <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-17' class='sequence-3'>1. The Meaning of Extinction: Catastrophe, Equilibrium, and Diversity <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-47' class='sequence-4'>2. Extinction in a Victorian Key <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-83' class='sequence-5'>3. Catastrophe and Modernity <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-127' class='sequence-6'>4. Extinction in the Shadow of the Bomb <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-169' class='sequence-7'>5. The Asteroid and the Dinosaur <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-229' class='sequence-8'>6. A Sixth Extinction? The Making of a Biodiversity Crisis <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-295' class='sequence-9'>Epilogue: Extinction in the Anthropocene <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-309' class='sequence-10'>Acknowledgments <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-313' class='sequence-11'>Notes <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-327' class='sequence-12'>Works Cited <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-343' class='sequence-13'>Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 576.84; Extinction (Biology); Biodiversity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226354613
• Related ISBNs: 9780226348612
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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