Natural laws dominate the human society

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 591-599

  Glavič, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Human evolution; Natural catastrophes; Natural laws; Non equilibrium thermodynamics; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; BIO-SYSTEMS; CULTURAL AWARENESS; ENERGY CARRIERS; EXPONENTIAL RATES; HEAT WAVES; HUMAN ACTIONS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUMAN RACES; HUMAN SOCIETY; NATURAL CATASTROPHES; NATURAL LAWS; NON EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; NON-RENEWABLE; SEA LEVEL RISE; TIME HORIZONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISASTERS; ETHANOL; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLLUTION; SEA LEVEL; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

VITACEAE;

EID: 79952705853     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-010-0309-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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