The story of N a social history of the nitrogen cycle and the challenge of sustainability /

Gorman, Hugh S. 1957-

The story of N a social history of the nitrogen cycle and the challenge of sustainability / Hugh S. Gorman. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) - Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The emergence of a biogeochemical cycle -- From adaption to innovation -- Innovation within an ecological limit -- N and the emergence of market capitalism -- N and the rise of science -- Bypassing an ecological limit -- Industrializing a biogeomical cycle -- N in the well -- N in the air -- N in the law -- N and the seeds of an ecological economy -- Conclusion: the challenge of sustainability.



9780813554396 9781461934929


Nitrogen--Environmental aspects.
Nitrogen cycle.
Sustainable development.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.


Electronic Books.

TD196 / .S767 2013