Extinctions: How Life Survives Adapts And Evolves Michael J Benton Thames Hudson Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Biology Biochemistry

A Journey Through The Great Mass-Extinction Events That Have Shaped Our Earth In This Vast Sweep Of Earth’s History Michael Benton Brings Deep Past To Life As Never Before Deploying Cutting-Edge Tools Biology Chemistry Physics And Geology Are Transforming Understanding Previous Environmental Cataclysms – Including Incredible New Discovery Hitherto Unknown Extinction Event He Uncovers Not Only Their Lethal Effects But Also Processes Brought About Such Large-Scale Destruction Beginning With Oldest Investigates Late Ordovician Which Set Evolution First Animals On An Entirely Course Devonian By Global Warming Cataclysmic End-Permian Wiped Out Over 90 Per Cent All Book-Ending Age Dinosaurs Newly Discovered Carnian Pluvial End-Cretaceous Asteroid Examines How Acid Rain Ocean Acidification Erupting Volcanoes Meteorite Impact Affected Conditions Drastic Consequences For Ecology Turn Survived Adapted Evolved Expert Retelling Scientific Breakthroughs Allows Us Link Long-Ago Upheavals Modern Crises Today’s Climate Scientists Political Leaders Grapple Understand These Planet Enters Sixth Insights From May Hold Key Survival Σελίδες: 304 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0907 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm