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

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

Title remainder

two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow's world

Statement of responsibility

Charles C. Mann

Creator

• Mann, Charles C

Author

• Mann, Charles C

Subject

• Biographies
• Biographies
• Biography
• Borlaug, Norman E., (Norman Ernest), 1914-2009
• Borlaug, Norman E., (Norman Ernest), 1914-2009
• Climatic changes
• Climatic changes
• Energy security
• Energy security
• Environmental sciences
• Environmental sciences -- History -- 20th century
• Environmentalists
• Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
• 1900-1999
• Food security
• Food security
• History
• SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental)
• United States
• Vogt, William, 1902-1968
• Vogt, William, 1902-1968
• Water security
• Water security
• Environmentalists. -- United States -- Biography
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology

Genre

• History
• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

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

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

363.70092/273

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

GE56.V64

LC item number

M36 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography