Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, (
1863-
1945), was a Russian mineralogist and geochemist who first popularized the concept of the
noosphere and deepened the idea
biosphere to the meaning largely recognized by today's scientific community. The word
biosphere was invented by Austrian geologist
Eduard Suess (
1831-
1914), whom Vernadsky had met in
1911.
Vernadsky's most important works are:
- Geochemistry, published in Russian 1924
- The Biosphere, published in Russian 1926 (English translation 1998)