Vernadsky, Vladimir

Serafin R. (1993) Round Table Discussions, in Vernadsky Vladimir Biography. Selected works. Reminiscences of contemporaries. Opinions of descendants. Moscow, Sovremennik [in Russ]. 

Ghilarov A. M. (1994) Vernadsky Vladimir, Darwinism and Gaia - Critical Notes in the Margins of Biosphere. Zhumal Obshchei Biologii, 55(2) 238-249 [in RussJ. 

Levit GS (2001) Biogeochemistry - biosphere - noosphere. The growth of the theoretical system of Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky. Verlag ftir Wissenschaft und BUdung, Berlin Lewis JS, Prirm RG (1984) Planets and their atmospheres. Origin and evolution. Harcourt Bruce Jovanovich/Academic, Orlando/ San Diego, CA... 

The theoretical basis of biogeochemistry is the concept of living matter and the biosphere that were suggested by the prominent Russian scientist Vladimir Vernadsky at the beginning of the 20 century. 

Describe the biosphere and its role in sustainable development of the Earth using the modern understanding of biogeochemical cycling parameters. Discuss the contribution of Vladimir Vernadsky to the development of biosphere science. 

Highlight the contribution of Vladimir I. Vernadsky as the creator of modern biogeochemistry. 

The biotic activity of organisms is accompanied by the fractionating of the isotopic composition of carbon dioxide. Vladimir Vernadsky (1926) predicted this effect before the first experimental evidence became available. It is known that the carbon of terrestrial reservoirs consists of two stable isotopes and supplemented with small quantities of C radioactive species (T i/2 = 5730 years). For more details on this fractionation see Chapter 2, Box 6. 

Biogeochemistry - Biosphere - Noosphere the growth of the theoretical system of Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky / George S. Levit. -Berlin, Verl. fur Wiss. und Bildung, 2001 (Studien zur Theorie der Biologic Bd. 4)... 

Comparative investigations on the theories and terminology of Vladimir Vernadsky and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin have been already discussed in the scientific literature (Serafin, 1987 Grinevald, 1996 Fuchs-KittowsW Krueger, 1997, Ldther, 1998). 

The Growth of the Theoretical System of Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky... 

Fuchs-Kittowsid K., Kruger P. (1997) The Noosphere Vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir I. Vernadsky in tire Perspective of Information and of World-Wide Communication. World Futures, 50 757-784. 

Krout I. V. (1983), Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky , in Freeman, T. W. (ed.) Geographers Bibliographical Studies, Vol. 7, Mansell Publ., London. 

Moehalov 1.1. (1982) Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky. Nauka, Moscow, 448 p. [in Russ. Moiseev N., Alexandrov V., Tarko A. (1985) The Man and the Biosphere. An Attempt at System Analysis and Experiments with Models, Moscow Nauka, 271 p. [in Russ. ... 

After 1917 Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863-1945) became a pioneer and led an essential development of theory and principles within geochemistry. In his classic book Essays on Geochemistry he emphasized the fact that it is important to abandon the old static approach to minerals and instead study the atoms and the pattern of their movement on earth and in the universe. Of course, practical geochemistry continued to be concentrated on creating conditions for the exploitation of raw materials for the mineral and metal industry in Russia. These efforts were successful. 

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