Life : a journey through science and politics / Paul R. Ehrlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrlich, Paul R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ehrlich, Paul R.

Biologists--United States--Biography.

Biologists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Acclaimed as a public scientist and as a spokesperson on pressing environmental and equity issues, delivering his message from the classroom to 60 Minutes, Paul R. Ehrlich reflects on his life, including his love affair with his wife, Anne, his scientific research, his public advocacy, and his concern for global issues. Interweaving the range of his experiences--as an airplane pilot, a desegregationist, a proud parent--Ehrlich's insights are priceless on pressing issues such as biodiversity loss, overpopulation, depletion of resources, and deterioration of the environment. A lifelong advocate for women's reproductive rights, Ehrlich also helped to debunk scientific bias associating skin color and intelligence and warned some fifty years ago about a possible pandemic and the likely ecological consequences of a nuclear war. Life : A Journey through Science and Politics is a vital contribution to literature focused on the human predicament, including problems of governance and democracy in the twenty-first century, and insight into the ecological and evolutionary science of our day. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding global change, our planet's wonders, and a scientific approach to the present existential threats to civilization."--Dust jacket

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One. The World of My Childhood

Two. A Passion for Butterflies

Three. To the Arctic

Four. Evolution in Kansas and Chicago

Five. Joining the Only Junior University

Six. Coevolving with Botanists and Butterflies

Seven. Australia and a Trip around the World

Eight. The Population Bomb and the Carson Years: Science Meets Notoriety

Nine. Global Fieldwork

Ten. Great Affairs, and Some Great Birds

Eleven. The Crafoord Prize and Projects of the New Millennium

Twelve. The Population Bomb Revisited

Thirteen. Combatting the Forces of the Endarkenment

Fourteen. The End of Life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-345) and index.

ISBN:

9780300264548

0300264542

OCLC:

1309863577