Trashing the Planet: How Science Can help Us deal With Acid Rain, Depletion of the Ozone, and Nuclear Waste (Among Other Things)

Ray, Dixy Lee with Lou Guzzo

ISBN 10: 0895265443 / ISBN 13: 9780895265449

Published by Regnery Gateway, 1990

About this Item

Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Jacket unclipped, in archival protective cover. "--A common sense approach to the contentious issues where science and politics overlap and where environmental ism moves from well-meaning idealism to counterproductive eco-terrorism. Dr. Ray was a former governor of Washington, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, assistant secretary of state in the U.S. Bureau of Oceans, and long-time member of the Zoology faculty of the University of Washington. She writes with the simplicity of a journalist and the intellectual power of a professional scientist." . Dr. Ray exposes how little the public knows about the environment. She states that it is "-- our responsibility to be good stewards of the environment-- ". (from the jacket) 206 pages with Notes and Index. 9.25" x 6.25". . Regnery Gateway, Washington, D. C., 1990.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trashing the Planet: How Science Can help Us deal With Acid Rain, Depletion of the Ozone, and Nuclear Waste (Among Other Things)
• Publisher: Regnery Gateway
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0895265443
• ISBN 13: 9780895265449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Climate Change. Global Warming., "Environment, ...

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Synopsis

Exposes how little the public actually knows about the environment

Synopsis

Provides information on the role of science in meeting the environmental and political challenges facing the United States in the near future. The author covers such topics as nuclear war, medicine and energy.