The Biosphere and Noosphere Reader: Global Environment, Society and Change

by David Pitt, Paul R. Samson, Mikhail S. Gorbachev

The Reader is the first comprehensive history of the noosphere and biosphere. Drawing on classical influences, modern parallels, and insights into the future, the Reader traces the emergence of noosphere and biosphere concepts within the concept of environmental change. Reproducing material from seminla works, both past and present, key ideas and writings of prominent thinkers are presented, including Bergson, Vernadsky, Lovelock, Russell, Needham,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415166454
• ISBN13: 9780415166454
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.7"