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Natural Acts A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
Author | : David Quammen |
Publsiher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2009-03-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780393076325 |
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"David Quammen is simply the best natural essayist working today."--Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard "Lively writing about science and nature depends less on the offering of good answers, I think, than on the offering of good questions," said David Quammen in the original introduction to Natural Acts. For more than two decades, he has stuck to that credo. In this updated version of curiosity leads him from New Mexico to Romania, from the Congo to the Amazon, asking questions about mosquitoes (what are their redeeming merits?), dinosaurs (how did they change the life of a dyslexic Vietnam vet?), and cloning (can it save endangered species?). This revised and expanded edition best-loved "Natural Acts" columns, which first appeared in Outside magazine in the early 1980s, and includes recent pieces such as "Planet of Weeds," an influential new Natural Acts is an eye-opening journey that will please both Quammen fans and newcomers to his work. Song lyrics have been redacted from this ebook owing to permissions issues.
Natural Disasters
Author | : Anders Wijkman,Lloyd Timberlake |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2020-03-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781000708158 |
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Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term “natural disaster” can be. Forces of nature such as earthquakes, cyclones and extreme variations in weather can trigger disasters, but in many Third World countries it is environmental degradation, poverty and rapid population growth which turn a natural hazard into major disaster. This book questions whether the rich nations’ usual response to disaster – fast, short-lived emergency assistance – is any longer adequate. Today, most major disasters are “development” gone wrong, development which puts millions of poor people on the margins of existence. Disaster relief alone is like bandaging a rapidly growing wound. The appropriate response must include an element of true development – development which reduces rather than increases vulnerability to disasters.
Natural Acts
Author | : Pamela Fox |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : UOM:39015080740403 |
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Hillbilly, honky-tonk, Nashville glitz, or alt.country: what makes music authentically country?
Establishing Rules of Interpretation Governing Questions of the Effect of Acts of Congress on State Laws
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112121380197 |
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Compilation of selected acts within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
Author | : United States |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 700 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105119644768 |
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Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Commerce
Author | : United States |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Environmental law |
ISBN | : IND:30000090727193 |
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Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce as Amended Through December 31 2000
Author | : United States |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Environmental law |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02172282G |
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Compilation of selected acts within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce as amended through December 31 1988
Author | : United States |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 756 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Environmental law |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105062984484 |
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