Environmental Evolution: Effects of the Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth - Hardcover

 
9780262133661: Environmental Evolution: Effects of the Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0262133660 ISBN 13: 9780262133661
Verlag: MIT Press, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

In this book fifteen distinguished scientists discuss the effects of life—past and present—on planet Earth. Unlike other earth science and biology books, Environmental Evolution describes the impact of life on the Earth's rocky surfaces presenting an integrated view of how our planet evolved. Modeled on the Environmental Evolution course developed by Lynn Margulis and colleagues, it provides a unique synthesis of atmospheric, biological, and geological hypotheses that explain the present condition of the biosphere. The book develops scientific concepts essential to the reconstruction of the intertwined history of Earth's air, rocks, water, and life. After an introduction by James E. Lovelock on Gaia theory, the material proceeds in roughly chronological order from the origin of life in the early Archean Eon to the emergence of new environmental diseases in today's industrialized world. The second edition has been thoroughly revised, with more comprehensive chapters, additional illustrations, and new references.

Contributors
Elso S. Barghoorn, Robert Buchsbaum, David Deamer, Stjepko Golubic, Jonathan King, Antonio Lazcano, James E. Lovelock, Lynn Margulis, Clifford Matthews, Michael McElroy, Mark McMenamin, Raymond Siever, Paul Strother, Tony Swain, Neil Todd

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lynn Margulis (1938– 2011) was Distinguished Professor of Botany at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. An evolutionary theorist and biologist, science author, and educator, Margulis was the modern originator of the symbiotic theory of cell evolution. Once considered heresy, her ideas are now part of the microbiological revolution.

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Verlag
MIT Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0262133660
ISBN 13 
9780262133661
Einband
Tapa dura
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
356
Herausgeber
Margulis Lynn, Matthews Clifford, Haselton Aaron
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