Catastrophic thinking extinction and the value of diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago
The University of Chicago Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Science.culture.
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| Online Access: | https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2334656.pdf Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction: Why Extinction Matters
- 1. The Meaning of Extinction: Catastrophe, Equilibrium, and Diversity
- 2. Extinction in a Victorian Key
- 3. Catastrophe and Modernity
- 4. Extinction in the Shadow of the Bomb
- 5. The Asteroid and the Dinosaur
- 6. A Sixth Extinction? The Making of a Biodiversity Crisis
- Epilogue: Extinction in the Anthropocene
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index.