The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?

Author/Contributor(s):	Ward, Peter
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Date:	03/01/2015
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"Using ... discoveries from the geological record, [Ward] argues that life might be its own worst enemy. This stands in stark contrast to James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis--the idea that life sustains habitable conditions on Earth. In answer to Gaia, which draws on the idea of the 'good mother' who nurtures life, Ward invokes Medea, the mythical mother who killed her own children. Could life by its very nature threaten its own existence?"--Amazon.com.