# Harvesting the Biosphere

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- Book: [Harvesting the Biosphere](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/harvesting-the-biosphere) ([Harvesting the Biosphere.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/harvesting-the-biosphere.md))
- Authors: [Václav Smil](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6252-827-6
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2015-08-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production. The biosphere—the Earth's thin layer...