How the Biosphere Works

How the Biosphere Works: Fresh Views Discovered While Growing Peppers offers a simple and novel theoretical approach to understanding the history of the biosphere, including humanity's place within it. It also helps to clarify what the possibilities and limitations are for future action. This is a subject of wide interest because today we are facing a great many environmental issues, many of which may appear unconnected. Yet all these issues are part of our biosphere. For making plans for the future and addressing our long-term survival and well-being, an integrated knowledge of our biosphere and its history is therefore indispensable.

Preface
Chapter One. The Context of Discovery: A Personal Survey of the Natural and Social Sciences Concerning our Biosphere's History
Chapter Two. Cultivating Pepper Plants: Jointly Maximizing the Capture of Solar Energy
Chapter Three. Examining Key Concepts of our Biosphere's History
Chapter Four. What Needs to Be Considered While Writing our Biosphere's History?
Chapter Five. A Fresh History of the Biosphere Before Humans
Chapter Six. What are Humanity's General Effects within the Biosphere's History?
Chapter Seven. Seven Million Years of Human Influences within the Biosphere's History
Chapter Eight. What About our Long-Term Survival Strategy within the Future Biosphere?
Epilogue

Appendix One. A Personal Look at the City of Eindhoven's History
Appendix Two. List of Biases Mentioned in the Book