Earth And The Human Future - 9780367015633

Taylor & Francis

The career of Harrison Brown includes major contributions in the physical sciences, global resource problems, and international cooperation are related in essays by his colleagues, each of whom shares with Brown a prominent place in these disciplines. > During the second half of the twentieth century, great changes have occurred in the natural sciences, spawned by the leap forward in physics during the war years and the growth in understanding of earth\u2019s history and place in the cosmos. Also, with the new and terrible consequences of full-fledged war, the nuclear age has brought to the fore the ne > Also of Interest -- Foreword -- Earth, Planets, and Cosmos -- Introduction -- The Early Years: Chicago and Pasadena -- Harrison Brown and the Astronomers -- The Abundances of the Elements and Some Reflections on the Cosmogony of the Solar System -- Evidence for Ring Systems Orbiting Earth in the Geologic Past -- Dimensions of the Human Predicament: Population, Resources, .