Future evolution / Peter Ward ; images by Alexis Rockman ; foreword by Niles Eldredge.
Future evolution / Peter Ward ; images by Alexis Rockman ; foreword by Niles Eldredge.
Future evolution / Peter Ward ; images by Alexis Rockman ; foreword by Niles Eldredge.
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Publisher
New York Times Books, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N576.8/31
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 190 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword: Biological Futures / Niles Eldredge -- Introduction: The Chronic Argonauts -- 1. The Deep Past: A Tale of Two Extinctions -- 2. The Near Past: The Beginning of the End of the Age of Megamammals -- 3. Into the Present -- 4. Reuniting Gondwanaland -- 5. The Near Future: A New World -- 6. The...
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New York Times Books, 2001.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2001.
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"Thousands or millions of years into the future, what will our species be like? Will it change radically? Or will we become builders of the next dominant intelligence on Earth - the machines?".
"These and many other seemingly fantastic scenarios are the very real possibilities explored in Peter Ward's Future Evolution, a penetrating look at what might come next in the history of the planet. Looking to the past for clues about the future, Ward describes how the main catalyst for evolutionary change has historically been mass extinction. Wh...
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Future evolution / Peter Ward ; images by Alexis Rockman ; foreword by Niles Eldredge.
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"A W.H. Freeman Book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and index.
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N576.8/31
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74Vv4MPQeXMM
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ISBN
0716734966 (cloth)
9780716734963 (cloth)
DDC
576.8
MMS ID
991015406709702626
