Cycles of life : civilization and the biosphere
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Cycles of life : civilization and the biosphere
（Scientific American library, no. 63）
Scientific American Library , W.H. Freeman [distributor], c1997
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Smil explores the scientific kernel in the mystical shell of the Gaia hypothesis. He describes how living organisms assure their survival by actively participating in the complex cycling of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur. He updates us on what has been learned about the complex interplay of human beings, other organisms, chemical reactions and geological changes in the Earth's biosphere. Cycles of Life describes how biospheric cycles work, how we interfere in their natural flows, and how we could moderate or avert further deterioration.
Table of Contents
- Biosphere and elements of life
- putting life into cycles
- how the cycles work
- stages of human interference
- elusive understanding
- cycles and civilisation
- epilogue
- further reading
- sources of illustrations.
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