Man-Made Closed Ecological Systems (Earth Space Institute, 9)
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 26, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780415299985
First sentence: We can define the biosphere as a dynamic system with an essentially closed material cycle kept in motion by solar energy, in accordance with the program built into the totality of genomes of all species inhabiting the planet, and regulated by the totality of their enzymes.