Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
No detailed description available for "On Gaia".
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (325 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781400847914
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1184270
DDC:
570.1
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Gaia, the Grand Idea -- 2. Good Citizens or Selfish Genes? -- 3. Life at the Edge: Lessons from Extremophiles -- 4. Temperature Paces Life -- 5. Icehouse Earth -- 6. Given Enough Time . . . -- 7. Evolutionary Innovations and Environmental Change -- 8. A Stable or an Unstable World? -- 9. The Puzzle of Life's Long Persistence -- 10. Conclusions -- Notes -- Further Reading -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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