The key insight of Gaia Theory is that the entire Earth functions as a single living super-organism. But according to James Lovelock, the theory’s originator, that organism is now sick. It is running a fever born of increased atmospheric greenhouse gases. Earth will adjust to these stresses, but the human race faces a severe test. It is already too late, Lovelock says, to prevent the global climate from “flipping” into an entirely new equilibrium that will threaten civilization as we know it. But we can do much to save humanity. In the tradition of Silent Spring, this is a call to address a major threat to our collective future

"All of history is mystery," Dale L. Walker says, and he proves his point in this lively, humorous--and rational--approach to the West

В данном выпуске особое внимание уделяется практической деятельности советской дипломатии по реализации внешнеполитической программы XXVII съезда КПСС, созданию всеобъемлющей системы международной безопасности

Изложены законодательные основы охраны труда, организация службы охраны труда, научные и практические основы по снижению травматизма и заболеваемости путем проведения организационных, санитарно-гигиенических и технических мероприятий

DRAW is a must read for any student, serious or casual, of the history of the American West, or for anyone who just enjoys good cowboy or lawman versus outlaw stories. As the back cover blurb says: "These are the shoot-outs and showdowns that gave the Wild West its name...recounted here with gritty accuracy, colorful detail, and all the drama of life--and death--on the frontier". This is one of those rare works that lives up in its entirety to the publisher

В учебном пособии излагаются теоретические основы аренды как перспективного метода хозяйствования, обобщен практический опыт применения арендных отношений в промышленности и других отраслях народного хозяйства

196 терминов, помещенных в словаре-справочнике, помогут самым широким кругам читателей со знанием дела активно бороться за повышение эффективности общественного производства и качества всей работы во имя дальнейшего роста благосостояния народа

The Berserker series is a series of space opera science fiction short stories and novels by Fred Saberhagen, in which robotic self-replicating machines intend to destroy all life. These Berserkers, named after the human berserker warriors of Norse legend, are doomsday weapons left over from an interstellar war between two races of extraterrestrials. They all have machine intelligence, and their sizes range from that of an asteroid, in the case of an automated repair and construction base, down to human size (and shape) or smaller. The Berserkers

The fragile life-form that hides within its puny frame a curiously unquenchable something . . . call it

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