| 书目名称 | Evolution of Matter and Energy on a Cosmic and Planetary Scale | | 编辑 | M. Taube | | 视频video | | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | My intention in this book is to describe in simple language, using a minimum of mathematics but a maximum of numerical values, the most important developments of science dealing with matter and energy on cosmic and global scales. In the conventional literature all of these findings are distributed among books and journals on physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, biology, energy, engineering, and the environmental sciences. The main purpose here is to attempt to give a unified description of Nature from the elementary particles to the Universe as a whole. This is used as a basis for analysing the future development of mankind. The future evolution of the Universe, galaxies, stars, and planets gives some hope for the destiny of mankind. The problem of matter and energy flow on the Earth appears soluble even for the distant future. There seems to be no reason why a long period of human development on this planet should not be possible. The book has been prepared based on my lectures at the Warsaw University from 1959 to 1968 and during the 15 years 1969-1983 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule) in Zurich and at the University of Zurich. | | 出版日期 | Book 1985 | | 关键词 | Erosion; Evolution; biomass; electricity; wind | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95453-5 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-540-13399-5 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-95453-5 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985 |
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,Matter and Energy. The Interplay of Elementary Particles and Elementary Forces, |
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The aim of this book is to uncover the relationship between man and his Universe, to seek to discover his present position, and to draw some conclusions about his future.
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,The Universe: How Is It Observed Here and Now? Its Past and Possible Future, |
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We will attempt here to describe the Universe using the well-established language of physics.
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,The Origin and Nuclear Evolution of Matter, |
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We begin the story of the Universe when it is only 10. second old. The temperature is approx. 10.K and the density is enormously high, ∼ 10.kg/m.. The radius of the Universe is extremely small.
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,Chemical Evolution and the Evolution of Life: The Cosmic Phenomena, |
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Up to now we have concentrated on the nuclear processes and the impact of gravitation on cosmic matter. This was necessary because approx. 90 % of cosmic matter exists in stars, where the internal temperature reaches tens or hundreds of millions of degrees. In these conditions the kinetic energy of the particles reaches more than a thousand electron volts. Thus the nuclear processes play the dominant role, with all other processes representing a lower energy level.
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,The Eternal Cycle of Matter on the Earth, |
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The first questions to ask are, what kind of matter are we considering and what do we mean by stability?
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,The Flow of Energy on the Earth, |
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The history of the Universe and its component parts — living beings, stars, molecules, and atomic nuclei — is the history of the intimate coupling of particles and free energy.
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,The Biosphere: The Coupling of Matter and the Flow of Free Energy, |
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The evolution of the Universe, the galaxies, the stars, and the planets and other small cold objects is the result of the intimate relationship between matter and energy.
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,Is the Future Development of Mankind on This Planet Possible?, |
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In all previous chapters the past and present states of the material objects in the Universe have been considered — the galaxies, the Solar system, Earth, and human civilisation.
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,The Distant Future of Mankind — Terrestrial or Cosmic?, |
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The development of civilisation over the next 200 years has been discussed in the previous chapter. From this it could be seen that it was not unreasonable to hope for a rather smooth and continuing development over that period. No sudden changes are foreseen when one thinks about planetary and cosmic parameters. More dramatic changes could, however, occur in human conditions in the next hundred years. The present chapter will look at a much larger time scale — the very distant future — thousands, millions, or even billions of years away. Does one have the ability or a reason to look so far into the future? What can be gained from such an excercise?
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