Smith K. Earth and the Human Future. Essays in Honor of Harrison Brown 2019

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This book presents essays related to major contributions of Harrison Brown in the physical sciences, global resource problems, and international cooperation for better understanding of the common problems facing humanity and to provide better solutions to them.
Part One: Earth, Planets, and Cosmos.
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
Part Two: Dimensions of the Human Predicament: Population, Resources, and Environment
Harrison Brown's Role in the Manhattan Project
Burning the Rocks Forty Years Later
Energy and the Human Predicament
Soil Dynamics and Sustainable Carrying Capacity of Earth
Speculating on the Global Resource Future
Part Three: International Cooperation and the Human Future
The Cooperative Imperative in Science and Technology
Science, Technology, and Endogenous Development: Some Notes on the Objectives and the Possibilities
Toward Institutions of Unity for the Global Commons
International Collaborative Research: The Experience of the Resource Systems Institute