Vladimir I. Vernadsky

Geochemistry and the Biosphere

Vladimir I. Vernadsky

The classic works by the renowned Russian scientist who published the first edition of <i>The Biosphere</i> in 1926. This unabridged translation is made from the 1944 edition and translated from the Russian alongside his other most important book <i>Essays on Geochemistry</i>. In these two volumes, Vernadsky details humanity’s impact on the living systems of the planet and concludes with his vision of the noösphere, a sphere of human intelligence.