Frank H T Rhodes

Earth: A Tenant's Manual

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Produktbeschreibung

Frank H. T. Rhodes is President Emeritus of Cornell University. A geologist by training, his numerous published works on geology and education include the books The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University, also from Cornell, The Evolution of Life, and Language of the Earth. He holds the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society, the Ian Campbell Medal of the American Geological Institute, and the Clark-Kerr Medal of the University of California¿Berkeley. He holds more than thirty honorary degrees from universities both in the United States and abroad.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Library
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780801478239
• ISBN-10: 0801478235
• Artikelnr.: 35938180

Autorenporträt

Frank H. T. Rhodes

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Earth Present: The Third Planet
1. The Third Planet
2. The Home Planet
3. The Rocky Planet
4. The Blue Planet
5. The Veiled Planet
6. The Hazardous Planet
7. The Ancient Planet
8. The Bountiful Planet
9. The Finite PlanetPart II. Earth Past: The Changing Planet
10. The Singular Planet
11. The Uninhabitable Planet
12. The Living Planet
13. The Warming Planet
14. The Polluted Planet
15. The Crowded PlanetPart III. Earth Future: The Sustainable Planet
16. The Sustainable Planet
17. Water as Sustenance
18. Air as Sustenance
19. Soil as Sustenance
20. Food as Sustenance
21. Energy as Sustenance
22. Materials as Sustenance
23. Prospects for Sustenance
24. Policies for SustenanceEpilogue
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