Evolution of matter and energy on a cosmic and planetary scale
Abstract
The most important developments in science dealing with matter and energy on cosmic and global scales are described using simple language, a minimum of mathematics, and a maximum of numerical values. A unified description of nature from the elementary particle to the universe as a whole is used to analyze the future development of mankind. The topics discussed include: the interplay of elementary particles and elementary forces, the past of the universe and its possible future, the origin and nuclear evolution of matter, chemical evolution and the evolution of life, the eternal cycle of matter on earth, the flow of energy on the earth, the coupling of matter and the flow of free energy in the biosphere, the future development of mankind on the earth, and the possibilities for the cosmic development of mankind.
- Publication:
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New York: Springer
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985emec.book.....T
- Keywords:
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- Cosmology;
- Energy;
- Geophysics;
- Matter (Physics);
- Planetary Evolution;
- Universe;
- Big Bang Cosmology;
- Biosphere;
- Chemical Evolution;
- Cosmochemistry;
- Elementary Particles;
- Energy Transfer;
- Molecular Biology;
- Solar System;
- Space Sciences (General)