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Peter D. Ward

Peter D. Ward

32 books

Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe

Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe

by Peter D. Ward

4.10 of 1,059

A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

A New History of Life: The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

by Peter D. Ward

4.09 of 554

Gorgon: The Monsters That Ruled the Planet Before Dinosaurs and How They Died in the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's History

Gorgon: The Monsters That Ruled the Planet Before Dinosaurs and How They Died in the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's History

by Peter D. Ward

3.76 of 391

Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future

Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future

by Peter D. Ward

3.94 of 365

The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World

The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World

by Peter D. Ward

4.08 of 306

Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life

Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life

by Peter D. Ward

3.78 of 159

The Flooded Earth: Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps

The Flooded Earth: Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps

by Peter D. Ward

3.65 of 163

Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere

Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere

by Peter D. Ward

3.90 of 147

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

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

by Peter D. Ward

3.38 of 152

Future Evolution

Future Evolution

by Peter D. Ward

3.61 of 112

Lamarck's Revenge: How Epigenetics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Evolution's Past and Present

Lamarck's Revenge: How Epigenetics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Evolution's Past and Present

by Peter D. Ward

3.28 of 96

The Call of Distant Mammoths: Why the Ice Age Mammals Disappeared

The Call of Distant Mammoths: Why the Ice Age Mammals Disappeared

by Peter D. Ward

3.84 of 82

The End of Evolution: On Mass Extinctions and the Preservation of Biodiversity

The End of Evolution: On Mass Extinctions and the Preservation of Biodiversity

by Peter D. Ward

3.76 of 76

On Methuselah's Trail: Living Fossils and the Great Extinctions

On Methuselah's Trail: Living Fossils and the Great Extinctions

by Peter D. Ward

4.02 of 61

Rivers in Time

Rivers in Time

by Peter D. Ward

4.16 of 44

Time Machines: Scientific Explorations in Deep Time

Time Machines: Scientific Explorations in Deep Time

by Peter D. Ward

3.79 of 19

In Search of Nautilus: Three Centuries of Scientific Adventures in the Deep Pacific to Capture a Prehistoric—Living—Fossil

In Search of Nautilus: Three Centuries of Scientific Adventures in the Deep Pacific to Capture a Prehistoric—Living—Fossil

by Peter D. Ward

3.85 of 13

Natural History of Nautilus

Natural History of Nautilus

by Peter D. Ward

2.75 of 4