Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene

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Introduction: Why Extinction Matters -- The Meaning of Extinction: Catastrophe, Equilibrium, and Diversity -- Extinction in a Victorian Key -- Catastrophe and Modernity -- Extinction in the Shadow of the Bomb -- The Asteroid and the Dinosaur -- A Sixth Extinction? The Making of a Biodiversity Crisis -- Epilogue: Extinction in the Anthropocene.

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  • 2023-12-06
  • 368 pages
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  • University of Chicago Press
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  • 2020-09-24
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  • 2020-02-03
  • 132 pages
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  • Creators Publishing

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