The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world
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Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
John & Judy Gay Library - Adult Nonfiction
363.700922 MAN
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363.700922 MAN
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 616 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"A Borzoi book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-584) and index.
Citation/References
Library Journal,,January 01, 2018
Citation/References
Booklist,,December 01, 2017
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Publishers Weekly,,November 27, 2017
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Kirkus Reviews,,November 15, 2017
Description
From the best-selling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493--an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment, laying the groundwork for how people in the twenty-first century will choose to live in tomorrow's world. In forty years, Earth's population will reach ten billion. Can our world support that? What kind of world will it be? Those answering these questions generally fall into two deeply divided groups--Wizards and Prophets, as Charles Mann calls them in this balanced, authoritative, nonpolemical new book. The Prophets, he explains, follow William Vogt, a founding environmentalist who believed that in using more than our planet has to give, our prosperity will lead us to ruin. Cut back! was his mantra. Otherwise everyone will lose! The Wizards are the heirs of Norman Borlaug, whose research, in effect, wrangled the world in service to our species to produce modern high-yield crops that then saved millions from starvation. Innovate! was Borlaug's cry. Only in that way can everyone win! Mann delves into these diverging viewpoints to assess the four great challenges humanity faces--food, water, energy, climate change--grounding each in historical context and weighing the options for the future. With our civilization on the line, the author's insightful analysis is an essential addition to the urgent conversation about how our children will fare on an increasingly crowded Earth.
Target Audience
Adult,Brodart.
Target Audience
Adult,Brodart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mann, C. C. (2018). The wizard and the prophet: two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mann, Charles C. 2018. The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mann, Charles C. The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mann, Charles C. The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
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