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Long unknown in the West, The Biosphere established the field of biogeochemistry and is one of the classic founding documents of what later became known as Gaia theory. It is the first sustained expression of the idea that life is a geological force that can change Earth's landforms, its climate, and even the contents of its atmosphere. A complete, unabridged translation has never before been available in English. This edition - complete with extensive annotations, an introductory essay placing the work in its historical context and explaining its relevance to readers today, and a foreword cosigned by a stellar group of international experts - will be the definitive edition of this classic work. "What Darwin did for life through time, Vernadsky did for life through space on a geological scale".
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Vladimir Vernadsky (1863-1945) was a Russian mineralogist and biogeologist who worked at Moscow University until shortly before the Revolution, when he relocated to Ukraine for his health. He moved to the Curie Institute and the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris in 1922, publishing La Geochemie in 1924 and The Biosphere (in Russian) in 1926. A French edition of The Biosphere came out in 1929. Vernadsky, meanwhile, returned to the USSR in 1928, where he spent the rest of his long, productive (and determinedly apolitical) career.
David Langmuir, now retired, was director of research at TRW. He lives in Santa Clara, CA.
Mark McMenamin is Professor of Geography and Geology at Mount Holyoke College and the author of Hypersea and The Emergence of Animals.
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