The Mass-Extinction Debates

The Mass-Extinction Debates
Author: William Glen
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 1994
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0804722862


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This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ago, most life on earth—including the dinosaurs—perished.


The Mass-Extinction Debates
Language: en
Pages: 387
Authors: William Glen
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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This book examines the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict over two competing theories to explain why, 65 million years ag
The Sixth Extinction
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Elizabeth Kolbert
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-11 - Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and fiel
Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects
Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: Gerta Keller
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-16 - Publisher: Geological Society of America

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"Comprises articles stemming from the March 2013 international conference at London's Natural History Museum. Researchers across geological, geophysical, and bi
The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Charles Officer
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-06-30 - Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company

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In 1980 Nobel Laureate Luis Alvarez announced his theory of the dinosaurs final demise: a gigantic meteorite crashed into the earth and raised a cloud of dust t
Extinction
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Douglas H. Erwin
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-22 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95 percent of all living species died out—a global catast