未读消息消息

店铺

我的订单收藏

拍卖

拍卖交易我的竞拍收藏

我的好友资金账户

客服 |

帮助中心 9:00-20:30 在线留言

客服电话

010-89648155

服务时间

客服咨询 8:00-21:00

纠纷处理 9:00-21:00

图书审核 9:00-18:00

监督与建议

请选择

手机孔网

Understanding Catastrophe

Understanding Catastrophe

分享

作者: Janine Bourriau 编

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版时间: 2006-11

ISBN: 9780521032193

定价: 390.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 220页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>自然科学

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.
Introduction:understandingcatastropheGeoffreyLloyd
1.SupernovaeandstellarcatastropheRobertP.Kirshner
2.TheextinctionofthedinosaursWalterAlvarezandFrankAsaro
3.DarwinandcatastrophismMartinRudwick
4.Evolutionandcatastrophetheory Christopher Zeeman;

5. Earthquakes Claudio Vita-Finzi;

6. Storms and cyclones Nicholas Cook;

7. Famine in history Peter Garnsey;

8. The case of consumption Roy Porter; Notes on contributors;

Acknowledgements;

Index.
内容简介:
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.
目录:

Introduction:understandingcatastropheGeoffreyLloyd
1.SupernovaeandstellarcatastropheRobertP.Kirshner
2.TheextinctionofthedinosaursWalterAlvarezandFrankAsaro
3.DarwinandcatastrophismMartinRudwick
4.Evolutionandcatastrophetheory Christopher Zeeman;

5. Earthquakes Claudio Vita-Finzi;

6. Storms and cyclones Nicholas Cook;

7. Famine in history Peter Garnsey;

8. The case of consumption Roy Porter; Notes on contributors;

Acknowledgements;

Index.

查看详情

相关分类

Literature&Fiction文学与虚构 ScienceFiction&Fantasy科幻与玄幻 Romance浪漫小说 Mystery&Thrillers神秘与惊悚 Teens青少年读物 Biographies&Memoirs传记与自传 Comics&GraphicNovels动漫与绘画小说 ELT英语学习 Reference参考书 StandardTest标准考试 Business&Investing商业与投资 Self-Help励志自助 ManagementLeadership经营管理 Arts&Photography艺术与摄影

Understanding Catastrophe

暂无旧书在售