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Howard T. Odum

Howard Thomas Odum
Born(1924-09-01)September 1, 1924
DiedSeptember 11, 2002(2002-09-11) (aged 78)
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Yale University
Known forEcological economics, ecological engineering, emergy, maximum power principle, systems ecology
AwardsCrafoord Prize (1987)
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, meteorology, ecology and systems ecology

Howard Thomas Odum (September 1, 1924 – September 11, 2002), usually cited as H. T. Odum, was an American ecologist. He is known for his pioneering work on ecosystem ecology, and for his provocative proposals for additional laws of thermodynamics, informed by his work on general systems theory.


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