The Balance of Nature: Ecology's Enduring Myth
"The author conveys his message in a clear writing style without using highly technical concepts or terminology."--B.R.Shmaefsky, Choice"Kricher's book is of interest to environmental historians and historians of science not only on account of the information it contains, but also because within it there is so little of the scholarship of the history of the environmental sciences with which we, in the humanities and social sciences, are familiar."--Jane Carruthers,Environment and History"WithThe Balance of Nature, John Kricher has done us the favor of producing the book our non-ecological parents should read. In a scant 200 pages of accessible prose, Kricher weaves together three themes about which any literate citizen should be aware. . . .The Balance of Naturehits its mark. Buy a copy for your parents, your students, and your children today."--Aaron M. Ellison,Ecology