TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mann,Charles C.
TI  - The Wizard and the Prophet: two Remarkable Scientists and their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World
SN  - 9780345802842
AV  - GE56.V64 M36 2018
U1  - 363.70092/273 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - Vogt, William,
KW  - Borlaug, Norman E.
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Food security
KW  - Water security
KW  - Energy security
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Environmentalists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; One law. State of 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
N2  - "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 groups-Wizards 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. Cut back! was his mantra. Otherwise everyone will lose! 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. Innovate! was Borlaug's cry. Only in that way can everyone win! Mann delves into these diverging viewpoints to assess the four great challenges humanity faces-food, water, energy, climate change-grounding each in historical context and weighing the options for the future. "--
ER  -