| Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment Contributor(s): Palmer, Joy A. (Editor), Cooper, David E. (Editor), Cooper, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415146992 ISBN-13: 9780415146999 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: "Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment" is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy Palmer has assembled a team of over twenty expert contributors to summarize and analyze the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures from all over the world and from ancient times to the present. Among those included are philosophers such as Jean Jacques Rousseau, activists such as Chico Mendes, literary giants such as Virgil, and major religious figures such as Gotama (The Buddha). Lucid, scholarly and informative, these fifty essays offer a fascinating overview of mankind's view and understanding of the physical world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 363.7 |
| Lexile Measure: 1580 |
| Series: Routledge Key Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.86 lbs) 322 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer, herself an important and prolific author on environmental matters, has assembled a team of thirty-five expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of fifty diverse and stimulating figures - from all over the world and from ancient times to the present day. Among those included are:
Lucid, scholarly and informative, these fifty essays offer a fascinating overview of mankind's view and understanding of the physical world. |