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A particularly clear and well presented introduction to biogeochemical cycles, explicating the interrelationship of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and living organisms as agents of change in the environment. Smil (U. of Manitoba) demonstrates how microscopic organisms of the ocean affect the atmosphere and follows the life chain to contemporary human society's industrialization and development with its worldwide disruption, specifically focusing on the links among environment, energy, food, population, economy and society that will determine the earth's future. Includes color graphs and photographs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Vaclav Smil
Author · 36 books
Vaclav Smil Ph.D. (Geography, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences of Pennsylvania State University, 1971; RNDr., Charles University, Prague, 1965), is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2010 was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers.
