Hamilton Books
Pages: 392
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-0-7618-6922-1 • Hardback • August 2017 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
978-0-7618-6923-8 • eBook • August 2017 • $122.50 • (£95.00)
Richard Krooth, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz, has much practical experience in issues invoked in this book, having worked for environmental preservation his entire adult life. Author of over a dozen books on history and nature, a rare scholar with a Ph.D. and J.D., he writes about his life travels and library discoveries. This volume illustrates his concerns for humanity and all living things, as well as his wide-ranging research and use of first-hand reports and observations, attempting to put the current planetary crisis into the context of its historical setting.
List of Figures and Photographs
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: HOUSE of CARDS
Chapter 1: Advancing Technosphere; Endangered Biosphere
Chapter 2: Fallout—Bringing Down the House of CardsChapter 3: Technology and the Cascade of Species
PART II: THERMAL POWER & ENTROPY
Chapter 4: Entropy, Machines and Inanimate Power
PART III: ISOLINES AND ISOTHERMS
Chapter 5: Cosmos: A Holistic Concept of Earth
Chapter 6: Loss of Control Over Global Heat
PART IV: NATURAL SELECTION
Chapter 7: Battle for Reproductive Success
PART V: DESTRUCTIONS PAST; DESTRUCTIONS FUTURE
Chapter 8: Atmospheres & Deserts; Deluge & Extinctions
Chapter 9: Dance of Pelagic Death – Part 1
Chapter 10: Dance of Pelagic Death – Part 2
PART VI: FORCES DRIVING GLOBAL WARMING
Chapter 11: Thermal Maximums
Chapter 12: Gaia’s Cycles; Anthropocentric Heat
Chapter 13: Remains of the Natural World: Vanishing Landscapes, Disappearing Species
PART VII: END OF AN EPOCH
Chapter 14: Darwin’s Walk and the Last Wave
Bibliography
Index