Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change

Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change pdf

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Vaclav Smil

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Scienze naturali

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Ecologia

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Vaclav Smil è attualmente Distinguished Professor presso la Facoltà di Ambiente dell'Università di Manitoba a Winnipeg, Canada. Ha completato i suoi studi universitari presso la Facoltà di Scienze Naturali della Carolinum University di Praga e presso il College of Earth and Mineral Sciences della Pennsylvania State University. I suoi interessi di ricerca interdisciplinari abbracciano un'ampia area di studi sull'energia, sull'ambiente, sull'alimentazione, sulla popolazione, sull'economia, sulla storia e sulle politiche pubbliche, e ha anche applicato questi approcci agli affari energetici, alimentari e ambientali della Cina.

È membro della Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy) e il primo non americano a ricevere l'American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology. È stato relatore invitato in più di 250 conferenze e workshop negli Stati Uniti, Canada, Europa, Asia e Africa, ha tenuto conferenze in molte università del Nord America, Europa e Asia orientale e ha lavorato come consulente per molti Stati Uniti, UE e istituzioni internazionali. Sua moglie Eva è un medico e suo figlio David è un chimico sintetico organico.

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Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change pdf da Vaclav Smil

Smil, in a presentation marked by balance and clarity, synthesizes the field of science dealing with the biosphere. It is an interdisciplinary one, combining organic chemistry, geology, solar physics, microbiology, zoology, and more. Whatever characteristics the biosphere displays on a global scale depend on living matter's fundamental chemistry, so Smil diagrams the structural backbone of cells - molecules such as cellulose or DNA. Moving next through types of metabolism, such as the ATP cycle, Smil explains the resultant chemical products and how they become fixed or cycled through the ground, water, or atmosphere. Addressing concerns about human influences on the biosphere, Smil describes them, but he is a scientist to the core (at the University of Manitoba) and is hesitant to proclaim doom as the certain outcome. That scientific humility only enhances Smil's work. A superior, comprehensive survey.

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