Note: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- A Brief Word on Time -- 1. Primordial Climate -- 2. Earth as a Snowball -- 3. Between Greenhouse and Icehouse -- 4. The Last Greenhouse World -- 5. The Ice Returns -- 6. The Last of the Warmth -- 7. Into the Icehouse -- 8. The Glacial World -- 9. Birth and Death of the Holocene -- 10. The Anthropocene Begins -- Notes -- Further reading -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part One Geological and Evolutionary Setting of the Biota -- Chapter 1 Geological Time and the Evolution of Early Life on Earth -- Chapter 2 The Evolutionary Significance of the Chengjiang Biota -- Phylogenetic Structure -- Chapter 3 The Discovery and Study of the Chengjiang Lagerstätte -- Chapter 4 The Distribution and Geological Setting of the Chengjiang Lagerstätte -- Paleogeographical Setting -- Stratigraphical Context -- Sedimentology -- Chapter 5 The Taphonomy and Preservation of the Chengjiang Fossils -- Chapter 6 The Paleoecology of the Chengjiang Biota -- Chapter 7 Cambrian Lagerstätten -- Sirius Passet, North Greenland -- Emu Bay Shale -- The Burgess Shale -- Orsten Fossils -- Part Two Chengjiang Fossils -- Chapter 8 Algae -- Genus Fuxianospira Chen & -- Zhou, 1997 -- Key references -- Genus Megaspirellus Chen & -- Erdtmann, 1991 -- Key references -- Genus Sinocylindra Chen & -- Erdtmann, 1991 -- Key references -- Chapter 9 Ctenophora -- Genus Galeactena Ou, Xiao, Han, Sun, Zhang, Zhang & -- Shu, 2015 -- Key reference -- Genus Maotianoascus Chen & -- Zhou, 1997 -- Key references -- Genus Batofasciculus Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & -- Chen, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Yunnanoascus Hu, Steiner, Zhu, Erdtmann, Luo, Chen & -- Weber, 2007 -- Key reference -- Chapter 10 Porifera -- Genus Paradiagoniella Chen, Müller, Hou & -- Xiao, 2014 -- Key reference -- Genus Triticispongia Mehl & -- Reitner in Steiner et al., 1993 -- Key references -- Genus Saetaspongia Mehl & -- Reitner in Steiner et al., 1993 -- Key references -- Genus Leptomitus Walcott, 1886 -- Key references -- Genus Choiaella Rigby & -- Hou, 1995 -- Key references -- Genus Choia Walcott, 1920 -- Key references -- Genus Allantospongia Rigby & -- Hou, 1995. , Key references -- Genus Leptomitella Rigby, 1986 -- Key references -- Genus Paraleptomitella Chen, Hou & -- Lu, 1989 -- Key references -- Genus Quadrolaminiella Chen, Hou & -- Li, 1990 -- Key references -- Chapter 12 Cnidaria -- Genus Archisaccophyllia Hou, Stanley, Zhao & -- Ma, 2005 -- Key references -- Genus Xianguangia Chen & -- Erdtmann, 1991 -- Key references -- Chapter 13 Entoprocta -- Genus Cotyledion Luo & -- Hu in Luo, Hu, Chen, Zhang & -- Tao, 1999 -- Key references -- Chapter 13 Phoronida -- Genus Iotuba Chen & -- Zhou, 1997 -- Key references -- Chapter 14 Brachiopoda -- Genus Yuganotheca Zhang, Li & -- Holmer in Zhang et al., 2014 -- Key reference -- Genus Heliomedusa Sun & -- Hou, 1987 -- Key references -- Genus Longtancunella Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & -- Chen, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Diandongia Rong, 1974 -- Key references -- Genus Lingulellotreta Koneva in Gorjansky & -- Koneva, 1983 -- Key references -- Chapter 15 Annelida -- Genus Cambrosipunculus Huang, Chen, Vannier & -- Salinas, 2004 -- Key references -- Genus Maotianchaeta Chen, 2004 -- Key references -- Chapter 16 Trochozoa of Uncertain Affinity -- Genus Ambrolinevitus Syssoiev, 1958 -- Key references -- Genus Burithes Missarzhevsky, 1969 -- Key reference -- Genus Linevitus Syssoiev, 1958 -- Key references -- Genus Nectocaris Conway Morris, 1976 -- Key references -- Genus Wiwaxia Walcott, 1911 -- Key references -- Chapter 17 Priapulida and Relatives -- Genus Mafangscolex Hu, 2005 -- Key references -- Genus Maotianshania Sun & -- Hou, 1987 -- Key references -- Genus Cricocosmia Hou & -- Sun, 1988 -- Key references -- Genus Paraselkirkia Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & -- Chen, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Corynetis Luo & -- Hu in Luo, Hu, Chen, Zhang & -- Tao, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Sicyophorus Luo &. , Hu in Luo, Hu, Chen, Zhang & -- Tao, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Palaeopriapulites Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & -- Chen, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Eximipriapulus Ma, Aldridge, Siveter, Siveter, Hou & -- Edgecombe, 2014 -- Key reference -- Genus Xiaoheiqingella Hu in Chen, Luo, Hu, Yin, Jiang, Wu, Li & -- Chen, 2002 -- Key references -- Genus Omnidens Hou, Bergström & -- Yang, 2006 -- Key references -- Genus Acosmia Chen & -- Zhou, 1997 -- Key reference -- Genus Archotuba Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & -- Chen, 1999 -- Key references -- Chapter 18 Lobopodians -- Genus Paucipodia Chen, Zhou & -- Ramsköld, 1995 -- Key references -- Genus Diania Liu, Steiner, Dunlop, Keupp, Shu, Ou, Han, Zhang & -- Zhang, 2011 -- Key references -- Genus Microdictyon Bengtson, Matthews & -- Missarzhevsky, 1981 -- Key references -- Genus Onychodictyon Hou, Ramsköld & -- Bergström, 1991 -- Key references -- Genus Cardiodictyon Hou, Ramsköld & -- Bergström, 1991 -- Key references -- Genus Hallucigenia Conway Morris, 1977 -- Key references -- Genus Luolishania Hou & -- Chen, 1989 -- Key references -- Genus Antennacanthopodia Ou & -- Shu in Ou et al., 2011 -- Key references -- Chapter 19 Anomalocaridids -- Genus Anomalocaris Hou, Bergström & -- Ahlberg, 1995 -- Key references -- Genus Amplectobelua Hou, Bergström & -- Ahlberg, 1995 -- Key references -- Genus Lyrarapax Cong, Ma, Hou, Edgecombe & -- Strausfeld, 2014 -- Key references -- Genus Cucumericrus Hou, Bergström & -- Ahlberg, 1995 -- Key references -- Chapter 20 Euarthropoda -- Genus Isoxys Walcott, 1890: Isoxys paradoxus Hou, 1987 -- Key references -- Genus Pectocaris Hou, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Shankouia Chen, Wang, Maas & -- Waloszek in Chen, 2004 -- Key references -- Genus Chengjiangocaris Hou & -- Bergström, 1991 -- Key references. , Genus Fuxianhuia Hou, 1987 -- Key references -- Genus Pseudoiulia Hou & -- Bergström, 1998 -- Key references -- Genus Fortiforceps Hou & -- Bergström, 1997 -- Key references -- Genus Occacaris Hou, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Forfexicaris Hou, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Jianfengia Hou, 1987 -- Key references -- Genus Tanglangia Luo & -- Hu in Luo, Hu, Chen, Zhang & -- Tao, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Parapeytoia Hou, Bergström & -- Ahlberg, 1995 -- Key references -- Genus Haikoucaris Chen, Waloszek & -- Maas, 2004 -- Key references -- Genus Alalcomenaeus Simonetta, 1970 -- Key references -- Genus Leanchoilia Walcott, 1912 -- Key references -- Genus Retifacies Hou, Chen & -- Lu, 1989 -- Key references -- Genus Pygmaclypeatus Zhang, Han & -- Shu, 2000 -- Key references -- Genus Squamacula Hou & -- Bergström, 1997 -- Key references -- Genus Urokodia Hou, Chen & -- Lu, 1989 -- Key references -- Genus Sinoburius Hou, Ramsköld & -- Bergström, 1991 -- Key references -- Genus Acanthomeridion Hou, Chen & -- Lu, 1989 -- Key references -- Genus Cindarella Chen, Ramsköld, Edgecombe & -- Zhou in Chen et al. 1996 -- Key references -- Genus Xandarella Hou, Ramsköld & -- Bergström, 1991 -- Key references -- Genus Skioldia Hou & -- Bergström, 1997 -- Key references -- Genus Saperion Hou, Ramsköld & -- Bergström, 1991 -- Key references -- Genus Kuamaia Hou, 1987 -- Key references -- Genus Naraoia Walcott, 1912 -- Key references -- Genus Misszhouia Chen, Edgecombe & -- Ramsköld, 1997 -- Key references -- Genus Eoredlichia Zhang, 1951 -- Key references -- Genus Kuanyangia Hupé, 1953 -- Key references -- Genus Yunnanocephalus Kobayashi, 1936 -- Key references -- Genus Parapaleomerus Hou, Bergström, Wang, Feng & -- Chen, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Kwanyinaspis Zhang & -- Shu, 2005 -- Key references. , Genus Kunmingella Huo, 1956 -- Key references -- Genus Kunyangella Huo, 1965 -- Key references -- Genus Primicaris Zhang, Han, Zhang, Liu & -- Shu, 2003 -- Key references -- Genus Branchiocaris Briggs, 1976 -- Key references -- Genus Uncertain -- Key references -- Genus Chuandianella Hou & -- Bergström 1991 -- Key references -- Genus Clypecaris Hou, 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Combinivalvula Hou, 1987 -- Key references -- Genus Synophalos Hou, Siveter, Aldridge & -- Siveter, 2009 -- Key references -- Genus Yunnanocaris Hou, 1999 -- Key references -- Chapter 21 Chaetognatha -- Genus Protosagitta Hu in Chen, Luo, Hu, Yin, Jiang, Wu, Li & -- Chen, 2002 -- Key references -- Chapter 22 Hemichordata -- Genus Galeaplumosus Hou, Aldridge, Siveter, Siveter, Williams, Zalasiewicz & -- Ma, 2011 -- Key references -- Chapter 23 Ambulacraria of Uncertain Affinity -- Genus Rotadiscus Sun & -- Hou, 1987 -- Key references -- Genus Eldonia Walcott, 1911 -- Key references -- Genus Phlogites Luo & -- Hu in Luo, Hu, Chen, Zhang & -- Tao, 1999 -- Key references -- Phlogites longus Luo & -- Hu in Luo, Hu, Chen, Zhang & -- Tao, 1999 -- Key references -- Chapter 24 Chordata -- Genus Shankouclava Chen, Huang, Peng, Chi, Wang & -- Feng, 2003 -- Key references -- Myllokunmingia Shu, Zhang & -- Han in Shu et al., 1999 -- Key references -- Genus Zhongxiniscus Luo & -- Hu in Luo, Hu & -- Chen, 2001 -- Key reference -- Genus Cathaymyrus Shu, Conway Morris & -- Zhang, 1996 -- Key references -- Chapter 25 Bilateria of Uncertain Affinity -- Genus Dinomischus Conway Morris, 1977 -- Key references -- Genus Facivermis Hou & -- Chen, 1989 -- Key references -- Genus Vetulocystis Shu, Conway Morris, Han, Zhang & -- Liu, 2004 -- Key references -- Genus Yunnanozoon Hou, Ramsköld & -- Bergström, 1991 -- Key references. , Chapter 26 Vetulicolians.

Note: Intro -- Biophysics of DNA -Protein Interactions -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I Binding DNA and changing its shape -- Part II Complex protein-DNA interactions -- Index.

Note: COVER -- SKELETONS: THE FRAME OF LIFE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1: SKELETONS APPEAR -- The First True Skeletons -- Attack of the Soft Animals -- An Eruption of Skeletons -- Harder and Softer Skeletons -- Primordial Skeletons of Lilliput? -- 2: A SHELL ON THE OUTSIDE -- How Big is Big? -- Armour-Plated Animals -- Humpty Dumpty World -- Rise of the Planet of the Arthropods -- The Enduring Ostracods -- The Exoskeleton Invasion of Land -- The Seashells -- Jet-Propelled Exoskeletons -- Skeleton of the Argonauts -- The Building Trade -- The Slow Road to Success -- 3: A SHELL ON THE INSIDE -- The Armoured Fish -- The Earliest Vertebrates -- The Strangest Teeth -- Building Blocks of a Skeleton -- Tooth and Jaw, but Not Yet Claw -- Half Fish, Half Tetrapod -- Amphibians to Amniotes -- The 'Not Quite Dinosaurs' of the Permian -- Enter the Dinosaurs -- A Question of Size -- Reclaiming the Seas -- The Making of the Modern Skeleton -- A New Skeleton Diversity -- All Fours to Upright -- The Roots of Human Abundance -- From Hand to Mouth -- The 'Hedgehog Skin' Animals -- The Shape-Shifters -- 4: PLANT SKELETONS -- Early Days -- The River Revolution -- The Moving Plant Skeletons -- The Grit in Grass -- 5: MEGA-SKELETONS -- The Coral Skeleton -- The Wider Reef -- The Deeper Reef -- The Larger Frameworks -- Bivalve Reefs of the Cretaceous -- The Ancient Reefs of the Palaeozoic -- 6: MINI-SKELETONS -- A World Unseen -- The 'Ur Animals' -- An Amoeba within a Shell -- Challenging Times -- Ancient Mysteries and Whirling Dervishes -- Plankton in Glasshouses -- The Coccospheres -- 7: FLYING SKELETONS -- Flying Kites -- Arthropods in the Air -- From Pterosaurs to Terror Birds -- The Birds -- Back to the Land: the Terror Birds -- Flying Mammals -- 8: SKELETON ARCHIVES -- A Mollusc for all Seasons. , The Saw-tooth Foraminifera -- The Return of the Giant Tortoises -- Keeping Time in the Devonian -- The Warm Seas of the Ordovician -- Skeleton Coasts -- The Long Sleep of the Antarctic -- A Brief Royal Epilogue -- 9: FUTURE SKELETONS -- Preparation for a Sequel -- Bones of the Sequel -- The Next Reef Gap? -- Designer Skeletons -- Augmented Bones -- Do-It-Yourself Skeletons -- 10: SKELETONS ON ALIEN PLANETS -- Eozoön, or the Proto-skeleton That Wasn't -- Micro-skeletons on Mars? -- Living Rocks? -- Living Stromatolites -- Martian Stromatolites? -- Diversifying Extraterrestrial Skeletons -- NOTES -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- FIGURE CREDITS -- INDEX.

Note: Cover -- Title page -- Chapter 1. General introduction -- Chapter 2. Derivation of the weakly nonlinear amplitude equation -- 2.1. The variational setting: assumptions -- 2.2. Weakly nonlinear asymptotics -- 2.3. Isotropic elastodynamics -- 2.4. Well-posedness of the amplitude equation -- Chapter 3. Existence of exact solutions -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The basic estimates for the linearized singular systems -- 3.3. Uniform time of existence for the nonlinear singular systems -- 3.4. Singular norms of nonlinear functions -- 3.5. Uniform higher derivative estimates and proof of Theorem 3.7 -- 3.6. Local existence and continuation for the singular problems with \eps fixed -- Chapter 4. Approximate solutions -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Construction of the leading term and corrector -- Chapter 5. Error Analysis and proof of Theorem 3.8 -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Building block estimates -- 5.3. Forcing estimates -- 5.4. Estimates of the extended approximate solution -- 5.5. Endgame -- Chapter 6. Some extensions -- 6.1. Extension to general isotropic hyperelastic materials. -- 6.2. Extension to wavetrains. -- 6.3. The case of dimensions ≥3. -- Appendix A. Singular pseudodifferential calculus for pulses -- A.1. Symbols -- A.2. Definition of operators and action on Sobolev spaces -- A.3. Adjoints and products -- A.4. Extended calculus -- A.5. Commutator estimates -- Bibliography -- Back Cover.

Note: Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Hurricanes -- Chapter Two: Wildfires -- Chapter Three: Tornadoes -- Chapter Four: Tsunamis -- Chapter Five: Avalanches -- Chapter Six: Blizzards and Other Winter-Related Storms -- Chapter Seven: Landslides and Mudslides -- Chapter Eight: Floods -- Chapter Nine: Earthquakes -- Chapter Ten: Other Extreme Weather -- Acknowledgments and Conclusion.

Note: Cover -- Ocean Worlds: The story of seas on Earth and other planets -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Plates -- 1: Water in the Cosmos -- Herschel's Gift -- The Uniqueness of Water -- Birth of a Solar System -- Planet-making in the Dry Zone -- 2: Ocean Origins on Earth -- The Earth's First Water Supply -- The Late Catastrophe -- From the Heavens -- The Comet Connection -- The Hydration of Earth -- The Engines of the Earth -- Perilous Times for the Hadean Oceans -- The Last Great Readjustment -- 3: Ocean Forms -- The Shape of the Oceans -- The Ocean Machine -- The Albatross and the Ocean Revolution -- Going Back -- The Balance of Water -- 4: The Salt of the Earth -- The Salt in the Sea -- The Salt Supply -- The Removal -- Chemical Lifetimes -- Death of the Mediterranean -- Saltiness through Time -- Limestone Patterns -- Iron Seas, Sulphide Seas -- 5: Moving the Waters -- Driving the Currents -- Rerouting Ocean Currents -- Famine and Feast -- Moon Madness -- Waves -- Living Oceans -- Hothouse Oceans -- 6: Life of the Oceans -- Life Begins -- Bags of Water -- The Engine of Life Turns Over -- Life in a Noxious World -- Stinking Seas -- The Origins of Marine Diversity -- Building the First Bodies -- The Quilt Creatures -- Tooth and Claw -- Becoming Complex -- Resilient Life -- Magnificent Whales -- Earth's Oceans: A Template for Other Worlds? -- 7: Oceans in Crisis -- The Fish in the Sea -- The Ploughed Sea Floor -- Changing the Balance -- Litter -- Warming -- Life in a Warmer Ocean -- The Oxygen Deficit -- Acid Oceans -- The Future -- 8: The End of Earthly Oceans -- Breaking the Rules -- The New Biology -- The Leaking Oceans -- A Hotter Sun and Thinner Blanket -- The Moist Greenhouse -- Ocean Remnants -- Runaway Earth -- The Earth after Oceans -- 9: Oceans of the Solar System -- Early Days. , The Pioneer -- The Space Exploration Era -- The Bright Queen of Hell -- A World of Rust -- Galileo's Moons -- The Oceans of Saturn's Moons -- Oceans Unborn -- 10: Undreamed Shores -- The Planets Beyond -- The Space Race -- Searching for Mirror Earths -- Exoplanetary Water -- The Supercritical Oceans of 55 Cancri e -- Water Worlds -- Where Next? -- Oceans Undreamed -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Further Reading -- Index -- Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth -- Green Equilibrium: The vital balance of humans and nature -- The Planet in a Pebble: A journey into Earth's deep history -- The Dance of Air and Sea: How oceans, weather, and life link together -- The Earth After Us: What legacy will humans leave in the rocks? -- The Goldilocks Planet: The four billion year story of Earth's climate -- Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World -- Waking the Giant: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes.

Note: Water in the cosmosOcean origins on earth -- Ocean forms -- The salt of the earth -- Moving the waters -- Life of the oceans -- Oceans in crisis -- The end of earthly oceans -- Oceans of the solar system -- Undreamed shores.