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Title:
The wizard and the prophet : two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions of tomorrow's world
Author:
Mann, Charles C., author.
ISBN:
9780307961693
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Physical Description:
x, 616 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Abstract:
Two influential scientists, William Vogt (1902-1968), and Norman Borlaug (1914-2009), and their approaches to environmental problems.

Presents an incisive portrait of twentieth-century scientists Norman Borlaugh and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped modern understandings about the environment and related public policies.
Document ID:
SD_ILS:2288595
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