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The Medea Hypothesis - Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive? (Paperback)
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The Medea Hypothesis - Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive? (Paperback)
Series: Science Essentials
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Loot Price R475
Discovery Miles 4 750
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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? According to the Medea
hypothesis, it does. Ward demonstrates that all but one of the mass
extinctions that have struck Earth were caused by life itself. He
looks at our planet's history in a new way, revealing an Earth that
is witnessing an alarming decline of diversity and biomass--a
decline brought on by life's own "biocidal" tendencies. And the
Medea hypothesis applies not just to our planet--its dire prognosis
extends to all potential life in the universe. Yet life on Earth
doesn't have to be lethal. Ward shows why, but warns that our time
is running out. Breathtaking in scope, The Medea Hypothesis is
certain to arouse fierce debate and radically transform our
worldview. It serves as an urgent challenge to all of us to think
in new ways if we hope to save ourselves from ourselves.
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