Life stories
Subtitle: world-renowned scientists reflect on their lives and on the future of life on earth
By: edited by Heather Newbold.
Contributors: Newbold, Heather, 1947-
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Environmentalists -- Biography; Environmental sciences
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gaia, our living earth / James Lovelock; title: Life-support systems / Paul Ehrlich; title: Primary producers / Peter Raven; title: Biological diversity / Thomas Lovejoy; title: The nature of things / David Suzuki; title: Toxic food web / George  M. Woodwell; title: Water pollution / Ruth Patrick; title: Marine biodiversity / Elliott Norse; title: Nature conservancy / Max Nicholson; title: World Conservation Union / Martin Holdgate; title: Ozone hole / Sherwood Rowland; title: Climate change / John Firor; title: Worldwatch / Lester Brown; title: Global security / Norman Myers; title: The end / Joseph Rotblat; title: Union of Concerned Scientists' warnings / Henry Kendall.