Eike Hartwig

The Death of Our Planet's Species

• Author(s): Martin Gorke

• Categories: Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2013-02-22
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• Publisher: Island Press

The present rate and extent of species extinction -- estimated by some scientists as one species every 20 minutes -- are unprecedented in the history of mankind. Human activities are responsible for nearly all species loss, yet ethical aspects of this crisis are rarely mentioned. Any concern expressed tends to be over potentially valuable resources -- information for scientists, or compounds that could be used in new medicines -- that are lost when a species disappears. In The Death of Our Planet's Species, Martin Gorke argues that such a utilitarian perspective is not only shortsighted but morally bankrupt. Holding doctoral degrees in both ecology and philosophy, Gorke is uniquely qualified...

Research in molecular biology

• Categories: Molecular biology

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1981
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• Publisher: Unknown

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A New Approach to the Study of Nucleotide Sequences in DNA

• Author(s): Giorgio Bernardi

• Categories: DNA.

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1975
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna

• Categories: Aquatic invertebrates

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1988
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• Publisher: Unknown

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A Review of the Mechanisms for Movement of the Caudal Furca in the Family Paramesochridae (Copepoda Harpacticoida), with a Description of a New Species of Kliopsyllus Kunz

• Author(s): John B. J. Wells, Helmut Kunz, G. Chandrasekhara Rao

• Categories: Convergence (Biology)

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1976
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• Publisher: Unknown

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