On Gaia [[electronic resource] ] : a critical investigation of the relationship between life and earth / / Toby Tyrrell |
Autore | Tyrrell Toby <1965-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
Disciplina | 570.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Gaia hypothesis
Ecology - Philosophy |
Soggetto non controllato |
Cretaceous
Earth climate Earth environment Earth history Gaia hypothesis Gaia James Lovelock anaerobes anthropic principle astronomical processes atmosphere atmospheric CO2 atmospheric science biodiversity biological processes biomass biosphere carbon chemical equilibrium climate science climate shifts climatic state coevolutionary hypothesis diatoms ecological dynamics ecology environmental catastrophes environmental control environmental preferences environmental regulation eusocial colonies evolution evolutionary advances evolutionary biology evolutionary dynamics evolutionary inventions extremophiles first forests fossil evidence genetic similarity genetic uniformity geological forces geological hypothesis geology global environment growth habitat commitment homeostatic regulations ice ages icy climates interglacials land plants life persistence life living organisms long-term life metabolic rates methane natural selection oceanography optimal temperatures oxygen-dependent photosynthesis oxygen-yielding photosynthesis oxygen oxygenic photosynthesis planetary environment planetary regulation plant transpiration primary production single organisms stability temperature effects temperature vegetation |
ISBN | 1-4008-4791-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. Gaia, the Grand Idea -- 2. Good Citizens or Selfish Genes? -- 3. Life at the Edge: Lessons from Extremophiles -- 4. Temperature Paces Life -- 5. Icehouse Earth -- 6. Given Enough Time . . . -- 7. Evolutionary Innovations and Environmental Change -- 8. A Stable or an Unstable World? -- 9. The Puzzle of Life's Long Persistence -- 10. Conclusions -- Notes -- Further Reading -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786971303321 |
Tyrrell Toby <1965-> | ||
Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Multiverse |
Autore | Alonso-Serrano Ana |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (240 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Astronomy, space & time |
Soggetto non controllato |
multiverse
Leibniz other worlds multiverse levels habitability stars quantum cosmology origin of the universe time reversal symmetry planets life varying constants anthropic principle multiverse entanglement multiverse tests mass extinctions string theory string landscape dark energy creation from nothing soft entry quantum gravity Wheeler-de Witt-equation Bohm-like interpretation volume-quantisation space atoms information storage and transfer philosophy of multiverse categories of multiverses different physics universes superstring multiverse dark multiverse universe-antiuniverse pair creation multiverse habitability: stars, planets, life, consciousness falsifiability of multiverses |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557309403321 |
Alonso-Serrano Ana | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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