The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment

Langue : anglais

Edité par Island Press, Washington DC, 2008

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Inscribed on the title page: "For Jen, with thanks for a wonderful [illegible] on the international system. Paul." Uncommon signed, with no other copies available online as of this writing. Difficult to make out the middle of the inscription, but likely better or more familiar eyes can do so. Paul Ehrlich is best known for his deeply influential and controversial bookThe Population Bomb(1968)about overpopulation and resource scarcity, a topic which has defined his career and perhaps overshadowed his distinguished achievements in ecology and conservation biology (including classic butterfly studies). The book was called alarmist by some, but Ehrlich years later said that"perhaps the most serious flaw inThe Bombwas that it was much too optimistic about the future." His wife Anne Ehrlich has been his steady collaborator and co-author, for which she probably has been under-recognized. In this ambitious and interdisciplinary book, "the Ehrlichs gracefully weaves together rite theories of Darwin, empirical studies of fruit flies, lizards, and disease, the fossil record, the psychology of perception and belief systems, the nature of the human genome, and the power of culture and environment into a single illuminating thread."A fine book in fine jacket.…

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Titre
The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment
Auteur
Ehrlich, Paul (signed); Anne Ehrlich
Éditeur
Island Press, Washington DC
Année de publication
2008
État de l'article
Fine
Jaquette
Fine
Signé
Signé par l'auteur
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Hardcover
Langue
anglais
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1597260975
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781597260978
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First edition.
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