Vladimir Vernadsky

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, also called Volodymyr Ivanovych Vernadsky, was born on 12 March 1863 and died on 6 January 1945.Bassin, M.; Glebov, S.; Laruelle, M. (17 July 2015). Between Europe and Asia: The Origins, Theories, and Legacies of Russian Eurasianism. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 288.  He was a Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet scientist who studied minerals and how chemicals move in nature. He helped start the studies of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and radiogeology. Vernadsky helped create the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and was its first president. His most famous work is a book called The Biosphere from 1926. In this book, he explained that life affects how the Earth changes. In 1943, he won the Stalin Prize. His picture is on the Ukrainian 1,000-hryvnia banknote.

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