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Natural Science and the Planet Earth
The Science and Discovery Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Jack Sommer
- Narrator
- Edwin Newman
- Publish Date
- 12 February 2006
- Run Time
- 2 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Alexander von Humboldt and other sparked a centuries-long debate about natural history and geological destiny by discussing what today we call the environment. Some now believe the earth cannot safely accommodate its growing burdens; other say longer life spans and more people are signs of progress. Are humans destroying the earth or building a better world? Will the future bring despair and destruction, or hope and improvement?
The Science and Discovery Series recreates history's four-thousand-year journey of scientific progress. Science has often challenged and upset conventional wisdom. This is a story of vested interests and independent thinkers, experiments and theories, change and progress.
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Details
- Author
- Jack Sommer
- Narrator
- Edwin Newman
- Duration
- 2 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 February 2006
- ISBN
- 9781481543859
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science: general issues, Earth sciences, History of science
Synopsis
Alexander von Humboldt and other sparked a centuries-long debate about natural history and geological destiny by discussing what today we call the environment. Some now believe the earth cannot safely accommodate its growing burdens; other say longer life spans and more people are signs of progress. Are humans destroying the earth or building a better world? Will the future bring despair and destruction, or hope and improvement?The Science and Discovery Series recreates history's four-thousand-year journey of scientific progress. Science has often challenged and upset conventional wisdom. This is a story of vested interests and independent thinkers, experiments and theories, change and progress.
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