© Columbia University Press
Life, Temperature, and the Earth: The Self-Organizing Biosphere
Paper, 272 pages, 66 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-10213-1
$39.00
/ £27.00
November, 1999
Cloth, 272 pages, 66 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-10212-4
$90.00
/ £62.00
"A scholarly work with a wealth of useful information and ideas that cut across the usual disciplinary boundaries. As such, the book will be of appeal to a broad range of specialists including terrestrial and aquatic ecologists, microbiologists, climatologists and geochemists." — Warwick F. Vincent, Ecoscience
"Well-referenced. . . makes a good entry point into this arcane but important subject area." — Biologist
"Schwartzman’s account of the current status of our ancient self-organizing biosphere helps reunite the arbitrary schism between biology and geology. As a modern, 'hard-science'natural history, this readable book that details the reciprocal effects of Earth’s changing conditions, especially temperature, on life and its evolutionary history, fascinates. Highly original yet entirely responsible, this work will be of great interest especially to environmental scientists and their students." — Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst