The Biosphere: Complete Annotated Edition
by Vladimir I. Vernadsky
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Author: Vladimir I. VernadskyEditor: M.A.S. McMenamin
Translator: D.B. Langmuir
Preface: L. Margulis
Preface: M. Ceruti
Preface: S. Golubic
Preface: R. Guerrero
Preface: N. Ikeda
Preface: N. Ikezawa
Preface: W.E. Krumbein
Preface: A. Lapo
Preface: A. Lazcano
Preface: D. Suzuki
Preface: C. Tickell
Preface: M. Walter
Preface: P. Westbroek
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-03-27
ISBN: 038798268X
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Springer
Accessories:
- Continental Scientific Drilling: A Decade of Progress, and Challenges for the Future
- Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe
- Volcanism
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Book Review: I worked on the '97 edition, and I'm impressed!
Summary: 5 Stars
A biology graduate studying under Lynn Margulis, I was fortunate enough to be involved in preparing "The Biosphere" for publication; and even the raw typescript I transferred onto disk was impressive! Let me eagerly recommend V.I. Vernadsky, as the unsung Charles Darwin of geological and ecological science. In his time, Academician Vernadsky was a groundbreaker: the first to appreciate the vast scope of life's chemical influence upon the Earth ... this planet, which owes its own uniqueness to the very "living matter" of which we, just as all other organisms, are a part. To the readers of today, Vernadsky's own words tell us the historic beginnings of the discipline this brilliant, long-uncredited scientist's ideas founded. No student or advocate of global ecology should miss this thought-provoking, eye-opening book!
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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 DESTRUCTIONEngineering Books
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