Impossible extinction : natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world / Charles S. C...
Impossible extinction : natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world / Charles S. C...
Impossible extinction : natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world / Charles S. Cockell.
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Cambridge., UK : Cambridge University Press : c2003.
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N579.17/2
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English
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ix., 181 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
Contents
1. The galactic roulette -- 2. Primordial leftovers -- 3. The microbial menagerie -- 4. The record of catastrophe -- 5. The sky falls in -- 6. Supernova fry up -- 7. Fire from below -- 8. Intelligent stupidity -- 9. The world is not enough?
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Cambridge., UK : Cambridge University Press : c2003.
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England
Date Published
c2003.
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"Impossible Extinction is about a remarkable journey. Every 225 million years the Earth, and all the life on it, completes one revolution around our Milky Way Galaxy. During this journey life is influenced by calamitous changes. Comets and asteroids strike the surface of the Earth, stars explode nearby, enormous volcanoes erupt and, more recently,...
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Impossible extinction : natural catastrophes and the supremacy of the microbial world / Charles S. Cockell.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English.
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c2003.
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N579.17/2
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74VvBpMqMDQd
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0521817366
9780521817363 (hbk.)
0521817366 (hbk.)
9780521817363
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579.17
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991016321729702626
