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Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago - Updated Edition Paperback - 2015

by Douglas H. Erwin; Preface by Douglas H. Erwin

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"Douglas Erwin blends careful scholarship and graceful prose in this authoritative elucidation of Earth's greatest mass extinction. Although framed in terms of hypotheses and their tests, Erwin's story unfolds as a gripping who-done-it for the ages."--Andrew H. Knoll, Harvard University, author of Life on a Young Planet

"Douglas Erwin is the world's leading expert on the end-Permian extinction. This book will be the standard reference on this crucial event in the history of life. It is a wonderful example of science in action."--Richard Bambach, Virginia Tech

"This book provides an up-to-date review and critical appraisal of all we know about the end-Permian mass extinction, a subject that has drawn much popular attention. Complementing its solid scholarship, its friendly style enables educated general readers to get to grips with all the current debates."--Paul Wignall, University of Leeds, author of Mass Extinctions and Their Aftermaths

"In conversational prose, Douglas Erwin provides a useful roadmap to a complex scientific subject--an up-to-date treatment of the end-Permian extinction."--Michael J. Foote, University of Chicago

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  • Title Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago - Updated Edition
  • Author Douglas H. Erwin; Preface by Douglas H. Erwin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Date 2015
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780691165653 / 0691165653
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (21.59 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
    • Chronological Period: Prehistoric
  • Library of Congress subjects Catastrophes (Geology), Geology, Stratigraphic - Permian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014955278
  • Dewey Decimal Code 576.84

About the author

Douglas H. Erwin is senior scientist and curator in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. He began researching the end-Permian mass extinction in the early 1980s and has traveled many times to China, South Africa, and Europe seeking its causes.

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