Extinction Evolution and the End of Man
- 作者
- 出版社 Columbia University Press
- 出版时间 不详年
- ISBN 9780231128360
- 定价 830.30
内容简介
Sixty-fivemillionyearsagothedinosaursweredestroyedinamassextinctionthatremainsunexplained.Outofthatdevastation，newlifedevelopedandtheworldregaineditsequilibrium.Untilnow.Employingradicallynewperspectivesonthescienceoflife，scientistsarebeginningtouncoversignsofasimilareventonthehorizon：theendofman.Intellingthestoryofthelastsixty-fivemillionyears，MichaelBoulterrevealsextraordinarynewinsightsthatscientistsareonlynowbeginningtounderstandaboutthefossilrecord，theriseandfallofspecies，andthenatureoflife.AccordingtoBoulter，natureisaself-organizingsysteminwhichthewholeismoreimportantthanitsparts.Thesystemisself-correcting，andoneofitstoolsisextinction.Ifthesystemisdisrupted，itwilldowhatitmusttorestorebalance.Thisbookisathoroughlyresearchedintroductiontothenewdevelopmentsinthescienceoflifeandachillingaccountoftheeffectsthathumanshavehadontheplanet.Theworldwilladaptandsurvive;humanitymostprobablywillnot.
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