EAN: 9781509884186

THE WIZARD AND THE PROPHET - CHARLES C MANN KAR...

'As the world  besieged by ever more titanic storms and wildfires  threatens to explode into a
terrifying new normal  books like this . . . are more necessary than ever.' Boston Globe In
forty years  the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many
people? What kind of world will it be? In this important book  Charles C. Mann illuminates the
four great challenges we face - food  water  energy  climate change - through an exploration of
the crucial work and wide-ranging influence of two twentieth-century scientists: Norman Borlaug
and William Vogt. Vogt (the Prophet) was the intellectual forefather of the environmental
movement  and believed that in our using more than the planet has to give  our prosperity will
bring us to ruin. Borlaug's research in the 1950s led to the development of modern high-yield
crops that have saved millions from starvation. The Wizard of Mann's title  he believed that
science will continue to rise to the challenges we face. Mann tells the stories of these
scientists and their crucial influence on today's debates as his story ranges from Mexico to
India  across continents and oceans  and from the past and the present to the future. 'Mann's
storytelling skills are unmatched . . . Pure pleasure reading.' New York Times 'Does the
earth's finite carrying capacity mean economic growth has to stop? That momentous question is
the subject of Charles Mann's brilliant book The Wizard and the Prophet.' Wall Street Journal

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