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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Mann, Charles C., author.     Subjects     Vogt, William, 1902-1968.     Borlaug, Norman E. (Norman Ernest), 1914-2009.     Food security.     Water security.     Energy security.     Climatic changes.     Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mann, Charles C., author.       by title:      The wizard and the p...         MARC Display

The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world / Charles C. Mann. by Mann, Charles C., author. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. Subjects Vogt, William, 1902-1968.   Borlaug, Norman E. (Norman Ernest), 1914-2009.   Food security.   Water security.   Energy security.   Climatic changes.   Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9780307961693 (hardcover) 0307961699 (hardcover) Description:  x, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  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. 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.--AMAZON.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.70092 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.70092 Mann Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.70092 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.70092 Mann Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.70092 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.70092 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 363.70092 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waimea Public Library (Kauai) Adult Nonfiction 363.70092 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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