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100 1 _aRice, Stanley A.
245 1 0 _aLife of earth :
_bportrait of a beautiful, middle-aged, stressed-out world /
_cStanley A. Rice.
260 _aAmherst, N.Y. :
_bPrometheus Books,
_c2011.
300 _a255 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index.
505 _aMeet Mother Earth -- Inevitable evolution -- Innovation -- Symbiosis -- Sex -- Altruism -- Religion -- Science -- Faith in photosynthesis.
520 _a"... 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.
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 _aEthics, Evolutionary.
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