The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive? (Science Essentials)

Name: The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive? (Science Essentials)
Brand: Princeton University Press
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By Peter Ward

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In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with the Earth's biosphere, one that has frightening implications for our future--yet also offers hope. Using the latest discoveries from the geological record, he argues that life might be its own worst enemy. This stands in stark contrast to James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis--the idea that life sustains habitable conditions on earth. In answer to Gaia, which draws on the idea of the "good mother" who nurtures life, Ward invokes Medea, the mythical mother who killed her own children. Could life by its very nature threaten its own existence?

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Number of Pages:

180

Release Date:

2009-03-31

Publication Date:

2009-03-31

Publisher:

Princeton University Press

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

0691130752

Weight:

454 g

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