The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226829562ISBN-10:226829561UPC:9780226829562Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Chemistry, History, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionBook Topic:EnvironmentalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC0XRJ6F9E
The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
A dynamic and sweeping history that exposes how humankind's affinity for pesticides made the modern world possible--while also threatening its essential fabric. For thousands of years, we've found ways to scorch, scour, and sterilize our surroundings to make them safer. Sometimes these methods are wonderfully effective. Often, however, they come with catastrophic consequences--consequences that...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226829562ISBN-10:226829561UPC:9780226829562Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Chemistry, History, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionBook Topic:EnvironmentalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC0XRJ6F9E
Frank A. von Hippel is professor of environmental health sciences and lead of the One Health research initiative at the University of Arizona. He has taught ecology field courses in over twenty countries, and conducted research in the Americas, Africa, and Australia. He hosts the Science History Podcast.
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