The biosphere

by Vernadskiĭ, V. I., (Vladimir Ivanovich)

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Title Statements

Full title :The biosphere / Vladimir I. Vernadsky ; foreword by Lynn Margulis and 12 others ; introduction by Jacques Grinevald ; translated by David B. Langmuir ; revised and annotated by Mark A.S. McMenamin.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1998
Edition:Complete annotated edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer Science + Business Media
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998

Notes

Originally published by Copernicus in 1998; softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1998.

"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."

The Physical Object

Description:192 pages ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781461272649, 1461272645
oclc:ocn960854419
LC Classification:QH343.4

Introduction: The Invisibility of the Vernadskian Revolution -- pt. 1. The Biosphere in the Cosmos. The Biosphere in the Cosmic Medium. The Biosphere as a Region of Transformation of Cosmic Energy. The Empirical Generalization and the Hypothesis. Living Matter in the Biosphere. The Multiplication of Organisms and Geochemical Energy in Living Matter. Photosynthetic Living Matter. Some Remarks on Living Matter in the Mechanism of the Biosphere -- pt. 2. The Domain of Life. The Biopshere: An Envelope of the Earth. Living Matter of the First and Second Orders in the Biosphere. The Limits of Life. The Limits of Life in the Biosphere. Life in the Hydrosphere. Geochemical Cycles of the Living Concentrations and Films of the Hydrosphere. Living Matter on Land. The Relationship Between the Living Films and Concentrations of the Hydrosphere and Those of Land -- App. I.A Biographical Chronology -- App. II. Vernadsky's Publications in English.