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)
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- Book
- Title:
- 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)
- Main Title:
- Catastrophic thinking : extinction and the value of diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene
- 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.
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