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Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene (science.culture) by David Sepkoski is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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<b>A history of scientific ideas about extinction that explains why we learned to value diversity as a precious resource at the same time as we learned to "think catastrophically" about extinction.</b> <br> We live in an age in which we are repeatedly reminded—by scientists, by the media, by popular culture—of the looming threat of mass extinction. We're told that human activity is currently producing a sixth mass extinction, perhaps of even greater magnitude than the five previous geological ca
Who reads Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity from Darwin to the Anthropocene (science.culture)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Sepkoski
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226348612
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Nature, Biology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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