The wizard and the prophet : science and the future of our planet
Mann, Charles C.2019
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In forty years, the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many people? What kind of world will it be? In this unique, original and important book, Charles C. Mann illuminates the four great challenges we face - food, water, energy, climate change - through an exploration of the crucial work and wide-ranging influence of two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt.
Main title:
The wizard and the prophet : science and the future of our planet / Charles C. Mann.
Author:
Mann, Charles C., author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2019.
Collation:
x, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781509884186 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
628402
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