Extinction Causes Consequences Disappearance by Ehrlich Paul (20 results)

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 0th Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Worn with minor edge tears. First Edition. This hardcover edition of "Extinction" is in good condition, with the dust jacket showing minor edge wear and tears, yet remaining intact. The binding is solid, and the pages are clean with no inscriptions or library markings. Overall, this First Edition presents well despite the wear on the jacket. …

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Later Printing. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Very Good -. (1981), 305pp, light soiling & sheflwear to cover, some soiling to top pg edges, some rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.

mass_market. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This book is in near fine condition. The edges show some yellowing with age but there are no tears or stains. The Jacket is in very good condition. There are corner knocks and there is wear on the edges but no tears or stains. This book makes a strong, well-reasoned, and well-documented case that no species is expendable. The authors point out clearly and logically how we would miss endangered species if they were to become extinct, how we benefit from them, how we have been endangering them and what we can do to protect them and ourselves. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 305 pages. "Only in the last fifty years has it become clear that humanity is seriously damaging its chances for future survival by forcing lving species into extinction." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD+ DUST JACKET. previous owner's bookplate is present. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; otherwise in very go od condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket shows fading, shelf wear, and small edge tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 305 pp., Buff Brn Hardback with Blk Spine, Gilt title, Fine in Near Fine DJ, 1st ed, 2nd prnting.

Octavo,306 pp.,fine copy in dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Condition fair, clean, with dj, ref ZKVQ Examines the problem of disappearing species and analyzes the causes of the accelerated rate of extinction and what can be done to halt the trend.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Flat-signed by both authors on Title page with NO inscriptions. Orange and black quarter-cloth boards with Orange foil-stamped spine. NF cond. Only flaw is a small minor dampstain to bottom front board NOT affecting any pages or the DJ. NO markings throughout - NO remainder mark or ex-lib. DJ is good with two tears. Price intact: $15.95. Signed by Both Authors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First edition. A significant association copy, inscribed by Paul and Anne Ehrlich to Stephen Jay Gould: "For Steve, with warm regards and admiration. Paul and Anne." Anne Ehrlich has added her own name ("and Anne") to the inscription which is otherwise in Paul's hand. This book is an early assessment of the perils of mass extinction, anticipating for example Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction, and it explores not only the geologic history and biology of extinction, but also the ethics, economics, and politics that influence and will be influenced by mass extinction. A particularly nice association as Stephen Jay Gould was a foremost expert in evolutionary theory and is known especially for his theory of "punctuated equilibrium," which holds that evolution operates through times of rapid, extreme change--i.e. extinction--as now during the so-called Anthropocene. Gould is still considered one of the most influential popular scientist writers of the 20th century. He argued forcefully against creationism, describing religion and science as separate fields with different emphases and equal merits. He also was against sociobiology and had a longstanding debate with his Harvard colleague E.O. Wilson-perhaps the only contemporary science writer of his stature-warning against a "deterministic view of human society and human action." He was the winner of the National Book Award in science in 1981 for The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History and a finalist for the same award the following year for The Mismeasure of Man, which did win the National Book Critics Circle Award. He died at 60 of cancer in 2002. Paul Ehrlich is best known for his deeply influential and controversial book The Population Bomb (1968) about overpopulation and resource scarcity, a topic which has defined his career and perhaps overshadowed his distinguished achievements in ecology and conservation biology (including classic butterfly studies). The book was called alarmist by some, but Ehrlich years later said that "perhaps the most serious flaw in The Bomb was that it was much too optimistic about the future." He co-authored almost all his books with his wife Anne (including The Population Bomb, though she wasn't credited at the publisher's insistence). They've spent their career at Stanford. A near fine book with light bumping to upper corners. In a similarly near fine jacket with that same bumping and streaks of rubbing where paper turns to cloth on the underlying boards. With a handsome letter-press bookplate from a previous bookseller on the front paste down affirming provenance. An important addition to any science or evolution collection. Signed.…