Complexity
Subtitle: the evolution of Earth's biodiversity and the future of humanity
By: William C. Burger
Publisher: Prometheus Books; Prometheus
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781633881938
Subjects: Biodiversity; Biotic communities; Macroecology; Environmental health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Billions of beetles; title: Bacteria, eukaryotic cells, and sex; title: What drives the formation of new species?; title: The geography of species richness; title: Patterns, hotspots, and the geography of lineages; title: Sustaining local biodiversity; title: The expansion of biodiversity on Planet Earth; title: A world of ever-increasing biodiversity; title: Biological complexity triumphant : the human mind; title: Ever more complexity : human cultural advance; title: A four-billion-year epic; title: Trillions of transistors : an uncertain future.