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Author Mann, Charles C., author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
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Edition First edition.
Description x, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note "A Borzoi book."
Bibliography 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.
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.
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.
Borlaug, Norman E. (Norman Ernest), 1914-2009. (OCoLC)fst01727436
Vogt, William, 1902-1968. (OCoLC)fst01718036
Climatic changes. (OCoLC)fst00864229
Energy security. (OCoLC)fst01764702
Environmental sciences. (OCoLC)fst00913474
Environmentalists. (OCoLC)fst00913554
Food security. (OCoLC)fst01748879
Water security. (OCoLC)fst01795729
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 9780307961693 (hardcover)
0307961699 (hardcover)
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