Leopold's Shack and Ricketts's Lab: The Emergence of Environmentalism
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520264789 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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In light of climate change, invasive species, and collapsing ecosystems, their most important shared idea emerges as a powerful key to the future.. This illuminating book reveals the full extent of their profound and parallel influence both on science and our perception of natural world today. Yet they never met and they didn't read each other's work. Lannoo shows how deeply these two ecological luminaries influenced the emergence both of environmentalism and conservation biology. They were born ten years and only about 200 miles apart and died within weeks of each other in 1948. Leopold and Ricketts both believed that humans cannot place themselves above earth's ecosystems and continue to survive. In a lively comparison, Michael J. In particular, he looks closely at how they each derived their ideas about the possible future of humanity based on their understanding of natural communities. Aldo Leopold and Ed Ricketts are giants in the history of environmental awareness
A book to be read C. Kenneth Dodd Jr. This small book covers the lives of Aldo Leopold and Ed Ricketts, pioneering naturalists in the mid-20th Century. Both had profound influences on young biologists despite their very different natures and approaches to life. I enjoyed seeing them portrayed as people, rather than. Well, ok This is a slim volume. It is more or less a straightforward parallel biography of these two eminent figures. Anyone who has read the larger biographies doesn't need this book, there is nothing new here. In fact, the book more or less stops just at the point when it should get s. "Synthetic Ecology" according to Paul Dayton. I thought that this book was a wonderful history of two of the best thinkers in our field. I was constantly reminded of TS Kuhn's book as the authors battled entrenched academics striving for synthetic breakthroughs that were simply too revolutionary for the old guard to unders
"Heavily referenced and annotated, this book is highly recommended to all."--"Chicago Botanic Garden""Charming little book."--"Ecology""A short and entertaining read, a book that fans of both Leopold and Ricketts will appreciate."--Thomas D. Sisk"Bioscience" (07/12/2011)"Charming little book. Sisk"Bioscience" (07/12/2011)"Charming little book."--Philip Cafaro"Ecology" (06/27/2011)A short and entertaining read, a book that fans of both Leopold and Ricketts will appreciate. --Thomas D. --Philip Cafaro"Ecology" (06/27/2011)"