Understanding Catastrophe - Couverture souple

Bourriau, Janine

 
9780521032193: Understanding Catastrophe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521032199 ISBN 13 : 9780521032193
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book examines the immense and varied impact that catastrophic change can have on the development of life on earth.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Understanding Catastrophe examines the immense and varied impact that catastrophic change can have on the development of life on earth. Opening with a remarkable account of supernovae and the nature of stellar catastrophe, it then examines the way evolution itself can proceed through genetic jumps of catastrophic proportions. The primal forces of the earth, manifested in such natural catastrophes as earthquakes and cyclones, and the devastating impact these can have even today on human populations across the world receive extended scrutiny as does the power of famine historically in determining the future of humankind. To conclude, a fascinating final chapter on changing medical and social attitudes to epidemic diseases such as tuberculosis offers - in the age of AIDS particularly - some unsettling insights into our fundamental incapacity when confronted by major threats to life and health.

Revue de presse

'... beautifully clear and arresting trains of thought ... decisive, often novel and aware of their own ironies.' Daily Telegraph

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521032199
ISBN 13 
9780521032193
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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