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Author | : David Raup |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1999-11-23 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780393319187 |
In this lively, fascinating, and often disturbing book, Raup reexplores the controversies of the Nemesis theory and investigates the issues--both scientific and philosophical --of mass extinction.
Author | : David M. Raup |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Catastrophes (Geology) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : S. J. Kincaid |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2022-01-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1534409963 |
"In the final book in the Diabolic trilogy, Nemesis must choose between love and justice as she watches her once-idealistic husband ravage the galaxy through his tyrannical rule"--
Author | : David M. Raup |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780393023428 |
An examination of the theory of Nemesis, the death star which scientists predict will disrupt the orbits of billions of comets in a few million years, becomes an exploration of how science works and belief systems in science
Author | : Peter Evans |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 2004-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0060580534 |
Explores the feud between Aristotle Onassis and the Kennedy family, documenting Robert Kennedy's role in barring Onassis from U.S.trade and the shipping magnate's early relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy.
Author | : David Raup |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1978-03-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780716700227 |
Presents principles of paleontology at an undergraduate level Emphasizes theory and concepts over details of morphology and the fossil record Profusely illustrated with photographs, charts, graphs, and tables
Author | : Lauren Willig |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2011-01-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101495456 |
Veteran governess Laura Grey joins the Selwick Spy School expecting to find elaborate disguises and thrilling adventures in service to the spy known as the Pink Carnation. She hardly expects her first assignment to be serving as governess for the children of André Jaouen, right-hand man to Bonaparte's minister of police. At first the job is as lively as Latin, but Laura begins to notice Jaouen's increasingly strange behavior. As Laura edges closer to her employer, she is surprised to learn that she has much in common with him. And Jaouen finds he's hired more than he's bargained for...
Author | : James P. Blaylock |
Publisher | : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2016-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1625672381 |
Deep within the cavern-riddled chalk cliffs above the English Channel there brews a threat to the very sanity of the people of Britain. A startling madness infects the members of the Explorer’s Club in London, the debacle coinciding with the disappearance of Alice St. Ives and the murder of the lighthouse keeper at Beachy Head. Langdon St. Ives sets out to rescue his wife and to stop the accelerating train of events hurtling he and his friends into a dark tunnel of madness and death.
Author | : Jan Matti Dollbaum |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2021-12-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0197644139 |
A fascinating account of Russia's famous dissident and the politics he embodies. Who is Alexei Navalny? Poisoned in August 2020 and transported to Germany for treatment, the politician returned to Russia in January 2021 in the full glare of the world media. His immediate detention at passport control set the stage for an explosive showdown with Vladimir Putin. But Navalny means very different things to different people. To some, he is a democratic hero. To others, he is betraying the Motherland. To others still, he is a dangerous nationalist. This book explores the many dimensions of Navalny's political life, from his pioneering anti-corruption investigations to his ideas and leadership of a political movement. It also looks at how his activities and the Kremlin's strategies have shaped one another. Navalny makes sense of this divisive character, revealing the contradictions of a man who is the second most important political figure in Russia--even when behind bars. In order to understand modern Russia, you need to understand Alexei Navalny.
Author | : Edward O. Wilson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780674212985 |
View a collection of videos on Professor Wilson entitled "On the Relation of Science and the Humanities" "In the Amazon Basin the greatest violence sometimes begins as a flicker of light beyond the horizon. There in the perfect bowl of the night sky, untouched by light from any human source, a thunderstorm sends its premonitory signal and begins a slow journey to the observer, who thinks: the world is about to change." Watching from the edge of the Brazilian rain forest, witness to the sort of violence nature visits upon its creatures, Edward O. Wilson reflects on the crucible of evolution, and so begins his remarkable account of how the living world became diverse and how humans are destroying that diversity. Wilson, internationally regarded as the dean of biodiversity studies, conducts us on a tour through time, traces the processes that create new species in bursts of adaptive radiation, and points out the cataclysmic events that have disrupted evolution and diminished global diversity over the past 600 million years. The five enormous natural blows to the planet (such as meteorite strikes and climatic changes) required 10 to 100 million years of evolutionary repair. The sixth great spasm of extinction on earth--caused this time entirely by humans--may be the one that breaks the crucible of life. Wilson identifies this crisis in countless ecosystems around the globe: coral reefs, grasslands, rain forests, and other natural habitats. Drawing on a variety of examples such as the decline of bird populations in the United States, the extinction of many species of freshwater fish in Africa and Asia, and the rapid disappearance of flora and fauna as the rain forests are cut down, he poignantly describes the death throes of the living world's diversity--projected to decline as much as 20 percent by the year 2020. All evidence marshaled here resonates through Wilson's tightly reasoned call for a spirit of stewardship over the world's biological wealth. He makes a plea for specific actions that will enhance rather than diminish not just diversity but the quality of life on earth. Cutting through the tangle of environmental issues that often obscure the real concern, Wilson maintains that the era of confrontation between forces for the preservation of nature and those for economic development is over; he convincingly drives home the point that both aims can, and must, be integrated. Unparalleled in its range and depth, Wilson's masterwork is essential reading for those who care about preserving the world biological variety and ensuring our planet's health.