The Future of Life and the Future of our Civilization
“ Our second Symposium The Future of Life and the Future of our Civili- tion” was held in May of 2005 year in Germany (Frankfurt am Main). The first one “The Future of the Universe and the Future of our Civilization” was held in July of 1999 year in Hunga
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The Future of Life and the Future of our Civilization
The Future of Life and the Future of our Civilization
The Future of Life and the Future of our Civilization Edited by
Vladimir Burdyuzha Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Dedicated to the memory of Carl Sagan (USA) and Joseph Shklovskii (Russia)
Contents
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Preface Declaration “ Protection of Life and our Civilization” Part I
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Life as a Space Phenomenon
The Spread of Life Throughout the Cosmos Chandra Wickramasinghe
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Our Understanding of the Evolution of the Sun and its Death Nami Mowlavi
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Planetary Cosmogony: Creation of Homeland for Life and Civilization Alexander V. Bagrov
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Impact Phenomena: In the Laboratory, on the Earth, and in the Solar System Jacek Leliwa-Kopystyński
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Part II The Origin of Life The Structural Regularities of Encoding of the Genetic Information in DNA Chromosomes Anatolyj Gupal
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The Origin of Life on the Earth: As a Natural Bioreactor Might Arise Mark Nussinov and Veniamin Maron
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Volcanoes and Life: Life Arises Everywhere Volcanoes Appear Oleksandr S. Potashko
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Lessons of Life Christian de Duve
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Human Evolution: Retrodictions and Predictions David R. Begun
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Man’s Place in Nature: Human and Chimpanzee Behavior are Compared Toshisada Nishida
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Creative Processes in Natural and Artificial Systems (Third Signal System of Man) Abraham Goldberg
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Part III Conservation of Life Human Alteration of Evolutionary Processes John Cairns, Jr. The Danger of Ruling Models in a World of Natural Changes and Shifts Nils-Axel Mörner Ecological Limits of the Growth of Civilization Kim S. Losev The Potential of Conversion of Environmental Threats into Socioeconomic Opportunities by Applying an Ecohydrology Paradigm Maciej Zalewski Advances in Space Meteorology Modeling and Predicting - the Key Factor of Life Evolution Mauro Messerotti Ocean Circulations and Climate Dynamics Mojib Latif How We Are Far from Bifurcation Point of the Global Warming? Oleg Ivaschenko Mankind Can Strive Against the Global Warming Michel E. Gertsenstein, Boris N. Shvilkin
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Can Advanced Civilization Preserve Biodiversity in Marine Systems? Menachem Goren
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Can We Personally Influe
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