TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rice,Stanley A.
TI  - Life of earth: portrait of a beautiful, middle-aged, stressed-out world 
SN  - 9781616142254 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - QH366.2 R5236 2011
U1  - 570 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Amherst, N.Y.
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Ethics, Evolutionary
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index; Meet Mother Earth -- Inevitable evolution -- Innovation -- Symbiosis -- Sex -- Altruism -- Religion -- Science -- Faith in photosynthesis
N2  - "... Discusses the evolution of the global network of life and the crucial role played by humans in determining the future of our world. Unlike most books on Earth's history, which present the story of life on our planet in terms of one chronological period after another, Rice discusses the Earth's teeming diversity in terms of pivotal evolutionary developments"--From publisher description
ER  -