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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 346 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2001058705 Type of material Book Personal name Smil, Vaclav. Main title The earth's biosphere: evolution, dynamics, and change / Vaclav Smil. Published/Created Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2002. Description viii, 346 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm. ISBN 0262194724 (hc. : alk. paper) LC classification QH343.4. S655 2002 Contents Machine generated contents note: Preface--1 Evolution of the Idea--From Veradsky to a Science of the Global Environment--2 Life in the Universe--Attributes, Constraints, and Probabilities--3 Life's Diversity and Resilience--Metabolisms, Species, Catastrophes--4 Energizing the Biosphere--Solar Radiation and the Earth's Heat--5 Water and Material Flows--Biospheric Cycles--6 The Biosphere's Extent--The Moveable Boundaries--7 The Biosphere's Mass and Productivity--Quantifying Life's Presence and Performance--8 The Biosphere's Dynamics and Organization--Fundamental Rules and Grand Patterns--9 Civilization and the Biosphere--The Earth Transformed by Human Action--10 Epilogue--Appendixes--References--Scientific Name Index--Name Index--Subject Index. Subjects Biosphere. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-328). Dewey class no. 577
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Light bumping to the bottom edge and a remainder mark else fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear on the front panel.