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Understanding Catastrophe

Understanding Catastrophe

Bourriau, Janine

Paperback

Series: Darwin College Lectures, Book 4

Sports GeneralEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 0521032199
ISBN13: 9780521032193
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Nov 23 2006
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
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.

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