- Energy security, Food security, Environmentalists, Environmental sciences
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.
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Earnest, grave, cool and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Charles C. Mann
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 616
- Publisher
- Books on Tape, Picador, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781509884186
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