{"product_id":"perilous-planet-earth-catastrophes-and-catastrophism-through-the-ages-hardback-9780521819282","title":"Perilous Planet Earth; Catastrophes and Catastrophism through the Ages (Hardback) 9780521819282","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePerilous Planet Earth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCatastrophes and Catastrophism through the Ages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA readable account of the history of natural disasters throughout history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTrevor Palmer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521819282, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 June 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e534 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.5 x 18.1 x 3 cm, 1.252 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'This original and ambitious book will attract several different audiences. … The student will find this a detailed, yet friendly volume and will be encouraged by the scope it provides … lecturers will be able to use the well-researched histories of the theoretical foundation for these scientific case studies, which are presented in an interesting and up-to-date research context, to coax undergraduates to do some serious thinking about the science they are engaged in. For the general reader, too, the book has plenty to offer … Palmer is an erudite and informed guide through the highways and byways into the perils of this planet and our attempts to understand them.' The Holocene\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePerilous Planet Earth places our concern about the threat to Earth from asteroids and comets within an historical context, looking at the evidence for past events within the geological and historical records. The book looks at the way in which prevailing views about modes of global change have changed dramatically over the years. It also considers the way in which catastrophic events are now seen to have influenced the course of evolution in the distant past, as well as the rise and fall of civilisations in more recent times. Professor Palmer argues that the better we understand our past, the greater the likelihood that we will be able to take appropriate action to preserve our civilisation for the future. Written in an engaging style that avoids jargon, the book will appeal to general readers and academics with an interest in evolution, geology, astronomy, social anthropology and history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Catastrophism: The Story of its Decline and Fall … and Resurrection\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. From Prehistory to 1899: Catastrophism Dominates for Centuries, but Then Gives Way to Gradualism: 1. Mythology, religion and catastrophism\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hutton: fact and fiction about the origins of modern gradualism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cuvier and Lamarck: choosing between extinction and evolution\u003cbr\u003e 4. Natural theology and Noah's Flood: the high-water mark of catastrophism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Catastrophism, uniformitarianism and idealist philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Lyell triumphant: gradualism dominates geology\u003cbr\u003e 7. Darwin and evolution\u003cbr\u003e 8. After the Origin: the triumph of evolutionary gradualism\u003cbr\u003e Section 2: From 1900 to 1979: Gradualism Reigns Supreme: 9. Neo-Darwinism: the Modern Synthesis\u003cbr\u003e 10. Phyletic gradualism\u003cbr\u003e 11. Gradualist perceptions of human evolution\u003cbr\u003e 12. Heretical catastrophists\u003cbr\u003e 13. Atlantis: rational and irrational theories of a 'lost' civilisation\u003cbr\u003e 14. Evolutionary mass extinctions and neocatastrophism\u003cbr\u003e 15. Punctuated equilibrium: a new evolutionary perspective\u003cbr\u003e 16. Human evolution: gradual or punctuational?\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. From 1980 to the Present Day: Catastrophism Strikes Back: 17. Evolution evolving\u003cbr\u003e 18. Into the new millennium: evolution today\u003cbr\u003e 19. Chaos in the Solar System\u003cbr\u003e 20. Catastrophes on Earth\u003cbr\u003e 21. The death of the dinosaurs: iridium and the K-T extinctions\u003cbr\u003e 22. The continuing K-T debate\u003cbr\u003e 23. Mass extinctions and the course of evolution\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Catastrophes and the History of Life on Earth: 24. Extinctions large and small\u003cbr\u003e 25. Cyclic processes and mass extinctions\u003cbr\u003e 26. The uncertain origins of humankind\u003cbr\u003e 27. Ice ages in the Pleistocene epoch\u003cbr\u003e 28. Modern views of Atlantis\u003cbr\u003e 29. Natural catastrophes and the rise and fall of civilisations\u003cbr\u003e 30. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Earth sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Earth sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Earth%20sciences%20%5BRB%5D%22\"\u003eRB\u003c\/a\u003e], Geophysics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geophysics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geophysics%20%5BPHVG%5D%22\"\u003ePHVG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265161220376,"sku":"9780521819282","price":77.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521819282i.jpg?v=1692020122","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/perilous-planet-earth-catastrophes-and-catastrophism-through-the-ages-hardback-9780521819282","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}