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the Wizard and Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
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the Wizard and Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
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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 groupsWizards 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.
! was his mantra.
! 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.
! was Borlaug's cry.
! Mann delves into these diverging viewpoints to assess the four great challenges humanity facesfood, water, energy, climate changegrounding 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.