03863nam 2200685 a 450 991078830390332120230803032535.00-8135-5439-X10.36019/9780813554396(CKB)3170000000060390(EBL)1295121(SSID)ssj0000918698(PQKBManifestationID)11487455(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918698(PQKBWorkID)10907789(PQKB)11329894(MiAaPQ)EBC1295121(OCoLC)852896326(MdBmJHUP)muse18906(DE-B1597)530254(OCoLC)1109168088(DE-B1597)9780813554396(Au-PeEL)EBL1295121(CaPaEBR)ebr10733853(CaONFJC)MIL504586(OCoLC)853363030(EXLCZ)99317000000006039020120427d2013 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe story of N[electronic resource] a social history of the nitrogen cycle and the challenge of sustainability /Hugh S. GormanNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20131 online resource (260 p.)Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the EnvironmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-5438-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-233) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --PREFACE --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --Introduction --PART I. The Knowledge of Nature --PART II. Learning to Bypass an Ecological Limit --PART III. Learning to Establish Human-Defined Limits --NOTES --BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEX --ABOUT THE AUTHORIn The Story of N, Hugh S. Gorman analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective-the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen-and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the first book to examine the social processes by which industrial societies learned to bypass a fundamental ecological limit and, later, began addressing the resulting concerns by establishing limits of their own. The book is organized into three parts. Part I, "The Knowledge of Nature," explores the emergence of the nitrogen cycle before humans arrived on the scene and the changes that occurred as stationary agricultural societies took root. Part II, "Learning to Bypass an Ecological Limit," examines the role of science and market capitalism in accelerating the pace of innovation, eventually allowing humans to bypass the activity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Part III, "Learning to Establish Human-Defined Limits," covers the twentieth-century response to the nitrogen-related concerns that emerged as more nitrogenous compounds flowed into the environment. A concluding chapter, "The Challenge of Sustainability," places the entire story in the context of constructing an ecological economy in which innovations that contribute to sustainable practices are rewarded.Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the EnvironmentNitrogenEnvironmental aspectsNitrogen cycleSustainable developmentNatureEffect of human beings onNitrogenEnvironmental aspects.Nitrogen cycle.Sustainable development.NatureEffect of human beings on.547/.64Gorman Hugh S(Hugh Scott),1957-1475930MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788303903321The story of N3690327UNINA