The chemical age : how chemists fought famine and disease, killed millions, and changed our relationship with the Earth
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Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2020].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
632.95 HIPPE
1 available
632.95 HIPPE
1 available
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Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2020].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"It has been nearly 60 years since the publication of Silent Spring, in which Rachel Carson brought to light evidence of the devastating ecological effects of pesticides. This book, by Frank von Hippel, is a sweeping history of these chemicals and our complicated relationship with them. It shows how they've made the modern world possible, while at the same time threatening its essential fabric. "This book starts with a tragedy that led scientists on an urgent mission to prevent famine with chemicals," von Hippel writes in his manuscript's Prologue. "It ends with the realization that those chemicals were insidiously damaging human health and driving species toward extinction." Along the way, we learn how pesticides' destructive legacy led to the environmental movement and made possible a new era of ecological thinking"--,Provided by publisher.
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Copy 1.,Binding: Includes original dust-jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Von Hippel, F. A. (2020). The chemical age: how chemists fought famine and disease, killed millions, and changed our relationship with the Earth . The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Von Hippel, Frank A. 2020. The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship With the Earth. The University of Chicago Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Von Hippel, Frank A. The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship With the Earth The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Von Hippel, Frank A. The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship With the Earth The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
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