Peter D. Ward

Peter D. Ward's books

Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe

4.10 avg rating — 1,059 ratings

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

4.09 avg rating — 554 ratings

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

3.76 avg rating — 391 ratings

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

3.94 avg rating — 365 ratings

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

4.08 avg rating — 306 ratings

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

3.78 avg rating — 159 ratings

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

3.65 avg rating — 163 ratings

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

3.90 avg rating — 147 ratings

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

3.38 avg rating — 152 ratings

Future Evolution

3.61 avg rating — 112 ratings