The Environment and Science

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The Environment and Science: Social Impact and Interaction explores the history of how science investigates nature and how those studies both shape and are shaped by the social attitudes, philosophies, and politics of their times. It follows the changes in perceptions of the natural world and humankind's place in it from the European colonization of North America through the Industrial Revolution and westward expansion, to the rise of the consumer economy and the recent hardening of the ideological battle lines over environmental policy.Coverage includes the emergence of ecology as a science and conservation as a movement, the long history of conflicts between business interests and environmentalists, and the role of scientific studies in debates over atomic and nuclear power, pesticides, toxic emissions, and other human-made sources of environmental degradation.

Description

"Drawing on the arts, religion, and the full range of sciences, The Environment and Science is an invaluable resource for all those who wish to understand the most pressing scientific and environmental issues facing humankind. Of interest to students of the humanities and the sciences, this work explains in an accessible manner the complex interplay between scientific inquiry and public perceptions of the environment over the past 400 years. With scientists seemingly divided, many laypeople have struggled to understand environmental issues. Now this work aims to bridge the gap, and provide a guide based on classic scientific texts and the very latest research."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

• The Environment and Science: Social Impact and Interaction (Science and Society)HardcoverABC-CLIO2005-04-25
• The Environment and ScienceElectronic resourceABC-CLIO2008