{"product_id":"9789814602495","title":"Thanatia: The Destiny Of The Earth's Mineral Resources - A Thermodynamic Cradle-to-cradle Assessment: A Thermodynamic Cradle-to-Cradle Assessment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Gaia becoming Thanatia, a resource exhausted planet? For how long can our high-tech society be sustained in the light of declining mineral ore grades, heavy dependence on un-recycled critical metals and accelerated material dispersion? These are all root causes of future disruptions that need to be addressed today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a cradle-to-cradle view of the Earth's abiotic resources through a novel and rigorous approach based on the Second Law of Thermodynamics: heat dissipates and materials deteriorate and disperse. Quality is irreversibly lost. This allows for the assessment of such depletion and can be used to estimate the year where production of the main mineral commodities could reach its zenith. By postulating Thanatia, one acquires a sense of destiny and a concern for a unified global management of the planet's abiotic resource endowment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers the core aspects of geology, geochemistry, mining, metallurgy, economics, the environment, thermodynamics and thermochemistry. It is supported by comprehensive databases related to mineral resources, including detailed compositions of the Earth's layers, thermochemical properties of over 300 substances, historical energy and mineral resource inventories, energy consumption and environmental impacts in the mining and metallurgical sector and world recycling rates of commodities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Threads: Minerals, Economy and Thermodynamics:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Depletion of Non-Renewable Abiotic Resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEconomic versus Thermodynamic Accounting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Thermodynamics to Economics and Ecology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhysical Geonomics: A Cradle-Grave-Cradle Approach for Mineral Depletion Assessment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOver the Rainbow: From Nature to Industry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Geochemistry of the Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Resources of the Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Introduction to Mining and Metallurgy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetallurgy of Key Minerals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown the Rainbow: From Grave to Cradle:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThermodynamics of Mineral Resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThanatia and the Crepuscular Earth Model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Exergy of the Earth and Its Mineral Resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Exergy Replacement Costs of Mineral Wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Exergy Evolution of Mineral Wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTying the Rainbows: Towards a Rational Management of Resources:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecycling Solutions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Challenge of Resource Depletion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Principles of Resource Efficiency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Thermodynamicists, geologists, economists, policy makers, and mining, environmental and chemical engineers.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185298522352,"sku":"9789814602495","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814602495_p0.jpg?v=1763692198","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814602495","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}