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  • I work with the notion of the noosphere drawn from V.I. Vernadsky, and propose that we define it as the collective effect of attention of ecosystems.

    Jason Silva: Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants and the Evolution of the Noosphere Jason Silva 2011

  • Noosphere (source: wiki): In the original theory of Vernadsky, the noosphere is the third in a succession of phases of development of the Earth, after the geosphere (inanimate matter) and the biosphere (biological life).

    Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Noosphere of Naiveté Ph.D. Pavel Somov 2010

  • Noosphere (source: wiki): In the original theory of Vernadsky, the noosphere is the third in a succession of phases of development of the Earth, after the geosphere (inanimate matter) and the biosphere (biological life).

    Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Noosphere of Naiveté Ph.D. Pavel Somov 2010

  • "Bio" means life, and the term biosphere was first coined by a Russian scientist (Vladimir Vernadsky) in the 1920s.

    AP Environmental Science Chapter 5- The Biosphere 2008

  • These records indicate that the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula has experienced the largest measured annual near-surface warming (0.55-C per decade at Faraday/Vernadsky station) on Earth over the past 50 years (1).

    Lamb on the Northeast Atlantic « Climate Audit 2006

  • Unlike Teilhard de Chardin and Vernadsky, who were more concerned with the biological and biogeochemical aspects of our evolution into the noosphere, Aurobindo was a philosopher mystic whose primary interest was in defining the future evolution from the standpoint of a comprehensive system of evolving states of consciousness.

    Thinking About the Noosphere Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

  • If we read Teilhard de Chardin or Vernadsky, the noosphere appears to be something that is imminent and toward which our biological and terrestrial evolution is inevitably advancing us.

    Thinking About the Noosphere Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

  • Unlike Teilhard de Chardin and Vernadsky, who were more concerned with the biological and biogeochemical aspects of our evolution into the noosphere, Aurobindo was a philosopher mystic whose primary interest was in defining the future evolution from the standpoint of a comprehensive system of evolving states of consciousness.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

  • If we read Teilhard de Chardin or Vernadsky, the noosphere appears to be something that is imminent and toward which our biological and terrestrial evolution is inevitably advancing us.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

  • Vernadsky had laughed a bit about it, saying that Mark knew the crust analyses of twenty thousand planets and someday he'd have the boy repeat them all just to see how long it would take.

    The Martian Way Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1955

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