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: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Why Extinction Matters
- The Meaning of Extinction: Catastrophe, Equilibrium, and Diversity
- Extinction in a Victorian Key
- Catastrophe and Modernity
- Extinction in the Shadow of the Bomb
- The Asteroid and the Dinosaur
- A Sixth Extinction? The Making of a Biodiversity Crisis
- Epilogue: Extinction in the Anthropocene.