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.
The Biosphere
Language: en
Pages: 82
Authors: Gregory Vogt
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-12-28 - Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books

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Describes the attributes of the biosphere, the animal and plant life that live in the biosphere, and how fragile and dynamic it is.
The Biosphere and Noosphere Reader
Language: en
Pages: 223
Authors: David Pitt
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and biosphere. Drawing on classical influences, modern parallels, and insights into the future, t