Book 2003

The Future of Life

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Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 2003

Nature conservation
Environmental Studies
Science
Environmental Science
Reading Group Guide
Life Sciences - General
Endangered species
Environmental degradation

The totality of life, known as the biosphere to scientists and creation to theologians, is a membrane of organisms wrapped around Earth so thin it cannot be seen edgewise from a space shuttle, yet so internally complex that most species composing it remain undiscovered.