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The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world  Cover Image Book Book

The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world / Charles C. Mann.

Mann, Charles C., (author.).

Summary:

Two influential scientists, William Vogt (1902-1968), and Norman Borlaug (1914-2009), and their approaches to environmental problems.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307961693 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: x, 616 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

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General Note:
"A Borzoi book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Borlaug, Norman E. (Norman Ernest), 1914-2009.
Vogt, William, 1902-1968.
Climatic changes.
Energy security.
Environmental sciences > History > 20th century.
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Food security.
Water security.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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CHARLES C. MANN, a correspondent for The Atlantic, Science, and Wired, has also written for Fortune, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, as well as the TV network HBO and the series Law & Order. A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he is the recipient of writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation.


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