LEADER 00000cam 122008777i 4500 001 22420445 003 LIBRIS 008 180205s2018 xxua 001 0deng c 020 9781509884179 041 eng 082 00 363.70092273|223/swe 084 Uh|2kssb/8 (machine generated) 092 0 363.7|bengelska 100 1 Mann, Charles C,|eauthor 245 14 The wizard and the prophet :|btwo groundbreakint scientists and their conflicting visions of tomorrow's world /|cCharles C. Mann 264 1 New York :|bPicador,|c2018 264 4 ©2018 300 xii, 616 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-584) and index 505 0 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 520 Two influential scientists, William Vogt (1902-1968), and Norman Borlaug (1914-2009), and their approaches to environmental problems 520 Presents an incisive portrait of twentieth-century scientists Norman Borlaugh and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped modern understandings about the environment and related public policies 600 14 Vogt, William,|d1902-1968 600 14 Borlaug, Norman E.,|d1914-2009 648 7 1900-talet|2sao 650 0 Environmental sciences|xHistory|y20th century 650 0 Food security 650 0 Water security 650 0 Energy security 650 0 Climatic changes 650 0 Environmentalists|zUnited States|vBiography 650 0 Water-supply 650 0 Food 650 0 Environmentalists 650 7 Energisäkerhet|2sao 650 7 Miljövetenskap|xhistoria|2sao 650 7 Klimatförändringar|2sao 650 7 Miljöaktivister|2sao 650 7 Livsmedel|2sao 650 7 Vattenförsörjning|2sao 907 00 190306
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