The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world
(2018)
By:
Mann, Charles C.
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
363.70092/MANN,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
©2018
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780307961693, 0307961699
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
One law -- State of the species -- Two men -- The prophet -- The wizard -- Four elements -- Earth: food -- Water: freshwater -- Fire: energy -- Air: climate change -- Two men -- The prophet -- The wizard -- One future -- The edge of the petri dish
Presents two influential scientists, William Vogt (1902-1968), and Norman Borlaug (1914-2009), whose diametrically opposed views shaped modern understandings about the environment and related public policies