In 1926, a book entitled in russian biosfera was pub. His father, a descendent of ukrainian cossacks, had been a professor of political economy in kiev before moving to saint petersburg, and his mother was a noble woman of russian ethnicity. Apr 30, 1986 vernadsky teaches us that life has been the transforming geological force on our planet. Basato su fatti precisi e indiscutibili il quadro del processo planetario che ci circonda. He illuminates the difference between an inanimate, mineralogical view of earths history, and an endlessly dynamic picture of earth as the domain and product first published in 1926 but long neglected in the west, vladimir i. Vernadsky institute of geochemistry and analytical chemistry f. Balandin vernadskys biographer gives some credit for the biosphere idea to vernadskys uncle, yevgraf korolenko. He voyaged extensively throughout the territory of the then russia, later the soviet union and over the countries of central and western europe as well as through italy and scandinavia. Cosmos, earth, life, man, reason from biosphere to noosphere inar i. The russian earth scientist vladimir ivanovich vernadsky holds a place in the history of environmental. Vernadskys country cottage was in shishaki, near poltava. Vernadsky, vladimir ivanovich 18631945 springerlink. The region is under territorial claim between three countries more territorial claims in antarctica.
Living matter, vernadsky contends, erodes, levels, transports, and chemically transforms surface rocks, minerals, and other features of earth. Pdf james hutton 17261797 regarded earth as a superorganism and physiology the science to study it. Balandin vernadsky s biographer gives some credit for the biosphere idea to vernadsky s uncle, yevgraf korolenko. Vladimir vernadsky his life and work vernadsky was born in saint petersburg, russian empire, on march 12, 1863, of mixed russian and ukrainian parents. Zhivoe veshchestvo i biosfera 1994 moscow nauka pp. Pdf a commented translation of the main papers of the prominent russian scientist, with comments of m. He imbued that very word first proposed by the french scientist jeanbaptiste lamarck in 1802, in his book. In russia, vernadskys name is as familiar as that of pasteur or cu.
In the biosphere 1926 vernadsky outlines his view of life as a major geological force. A critical spanish edition of the main classic papers by vladimir i. Geochemistry and the biosphere essays by vladimir i. If the biosphere is the place where life is found, the biota or.
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