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Product Identifiers
PublisherFreeman & Company, W&H
ISBN-100716734966
ISBN-139780716734963
eBay Product ID (ePID)1589264
Product Key Features
Book TitleFuture Evolution : an Illuminated History of Life to Come
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLife Sciences / Evolution, General, Paleontology
Publication Year2002
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorRockman, Alexis, Yes
GenreScience
AuthorPeter Ward, Peter D. Ward, Peter Ward-Jackson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight28.7 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-003607
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal576.8
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisEveryone wonders what tomorrow holds, but what will the real future look like? Not decades or even hundreds of years from now, but thousands or millions of years into the future. Will our species change radically? Or will we become builders of the next dominant intelligence on Earth- the machine? These and other seemingly fantastic scenarios are the very possible realities 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. While many scientist direly predict that humanity will eventually create such a situation, Ward argues that one is already well underway--the extinction of large mammals--and that a new Age of Humanity is coming that will radically revise the diversity of life on Earth. Finally, Ward examines the question of human extinction and reaches the startling conclusion that the likeliest scenario is not our imminent demise but long term survival--perhaps reaching as far as the death of the Sun! Full of Alexis Rockman's breathtaking color images of what animals, plants and other organisms might look like thousands and millions of years from now, Future Evolution takes readers on an incredible journey through time from the deep past into the far future.
LC Classification NumberQH366.2.W37 2001
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- 27. Mär. 2022
Actual food for thought is one of the subjects
THis is a great book and gives you something to think about and consider. Peter Ward books are very good. The book was in great condition and might be read again before I donate to the Friends of the Library store.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
