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

Publisher	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
	�2018

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Edition	First edition
Phys Descr	x, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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
Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-584) and index
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
Subject	Vogt, William, 1902-1968
	Borlaug, Norman E. (Norman Ernest), 1914-2009
	Environmental sciences -- History -- 20th century
	Food security
	Water security
	Energy security
	Climatic changes
	Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
OCLC #	999673749
ISBN #	9780307961693
	0307961699