Environmental Cosmology
Author: Kenneth D. McRitchie
Publisher: Cognizance Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 0973624205
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kenneth D. McRitchie
Publisher: Cognizance Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 0973624205
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Joseph Grange
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780791433478
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides a set of normative measure sto assess the value of nature and proposes the new discipline of foundational ecology as a response to environmental crisis.
Author: Cesare Emiliani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992-08-28
Total Pages: 740
ISBN-13: 9780521409490
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explains why we have such a vast array of environments across the cosmos and on our own planet, and also a stunning diversity of plant and animal life on earth.
Author: George A. Seielstad
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1983-01-01
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780520047532
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Looks at the Earth's place in time and space, describes the structure and development of the universe, and discusses human evolution, extraterrestrial life, and the development of human culture
Author: Donna Bowman
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 0823238954
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book brings together process and postmodern theologians to reflect on the crucial topic of energy, asking: What are some of the connections between energy and theology? How do ideas about humanity and divinity interrelate with how we live our lives? Its contributors address energy in at least three distinct ways. First, in terms of physics, the discovery of dark energy in 1998 uncovered a mysterious force that seems to be driving the inflation of the universe. Here cosmology converges with theological reflection about the nature and origin of the universe. Second, the social and ecological contexts of energy use and the current energy crisis have theological implications insofar as they are caught up with ultimate human meanings and values. Finally, in more traditional theological terms of divine spiritual energy, we can ask how human conceptions of energy relate to divine energy in terms of creative power.
Author: Philip Taylor
Publisher: NUS Press
Published: 2014-04-01
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9971697785
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The indigenous people of Southern Vietnam, known as the Khmer Krom, occupy territory over which Vietnam and Cambodia have competing claims. Regarded with ambivalence and suspicion by nationalists in both countries, these in-between people have their own claims on the place where they live and a unique perspective on history and sovereignty in their heavily contested homelands. To cope with wars, environmental re-engineering and nation-building, the Khmer Krom have selectively engaged with the outside world in addition to drawing upon local resources and self-help networks. This groundbreaking book reveals the sophisticated ecological repertoire deployed by the Khmer Krom to deal with a complex river delta, and charts their diverse adaptations to a changing environment. In addition, it provides an ethnographically grounded exposition of Khmer mythic thought that shows how the Khmer Krom position themselves within a landscape imbued with life-sustaining potential, magical sovereign power and cosmological significance. Offering a new environmental history of the Mekong River delta this book is the first to explore Southern Vietnam through the eyes of its indigenous Khmer residents.
Author: Iain Nicolson
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781780460253
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Iain Nicolson explores the origin of the Universe and explains the nature of stars, planets and galaxies, what makes them shine and how they are born, evolve and eventually die.
Author: Joseph Grange
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1997-05-01
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780791433485
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides a set of normative measure sto assess the value of nature and proposes the new discipline of foundational ecology as a response to environmental crisis.
Author: Cesare Emiliani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992-08-28
Total Pages: 735
ISBN-13: 9780521401234
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The next few decades are likely to witness deep environmental crises, crises we will be able to cope with only through a clear understanding of the complex, delicate system of which we are part. Fortunately, the great advances made in all fields of science since World War II make it possible to reconstruct the entire life history of the world we live in, from the Big Bang to the present, and thus to understand how the system works. This book presents a global picture of our world - how it originated, how it evolved, how it works - and provides the background necessary to assess ways to stabilize it. Although the science is rigorous and quantitative, the book is written in an informal style and is readily accessible to anyone with a knowledge of high-school algebra.