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Informationen zum Autor Frank H. T. Rhodes Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In Earth: A Tenant's Manual, the distinguished geologist Frank H. T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible, and deeply informed guide to the home we all share, showing us how we might best preserve the Earth. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Planet Part 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 Planet Part 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 Sustenance Epilogue Related Reading Index
