The Biosphere

The Biosphere
Author: Vladimir I. Vernadsky
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461217504

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"Vladimir Vernadsky was a brilliant and prescient scholar-a true scientific visionary who saw the deep connections between life on Earth and the rest of the planet and understood the profound implications for life as a cosmic phenomenon." -DAVID H. GRINSPOON, AUTHOR OF VENUS REVEALED "The Biosphere should be required reading for all entry level students in earth and planetary sciences." -ERIC D. SCHNEIDER, AUTHOR OF INTO THE COOL: THE NEW THERMODYNAMICS OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION


The Biosphere
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Vladimir I. Vernadsky
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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"Vladimir Vernadsky was a brilliant and prescient scholar-a true scientific visionary who saw the deep connections between life on Earth and the rest of the pla
Harvesting the Biosphere
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Vaclav Smil
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-21 - Publisher: MIT Press

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An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production.
Dreaming the Biosphere
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Rebecca Reider
Categories: Ecology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

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Reider tells the tangled tale of the creation, and eventual disintegration, of the experimental eco-utopia known as Biosphere 2.
Bringing the Biosphere Home
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Mitchell Thomashow
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-10-26 - Publisher: MIT Press

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A guide for understanding the ecological and existential aspects of global environmental change. This book shows how to make global environmental problems more
Primary Productivity of the Biosphere
Language: en
Pages: 339
Authors: H. Lieth
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-06 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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The period since World War II, and especially the last decade influenced by the International Biological Program, has seen enormous growth in research on the fu